School Administrative District 59 Superintendent Todd LeRoy said Tuesday about $300,000 will be paid in tuition to charter schools next fiscal year, contributing to a $500,000 budget increase.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.
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Project to provide reusable water bottles to Carrabec High School population
A group of students in an environmental studies class at Carrabec High School in North Anson are trying to reduce waste by encouraging students and faculty to drink tap water from reusable water bottles.
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Good Will-Hinckley Home’s model channeled by child advocates
The Hinckley-Price Home Association, founded in 2011, is looking to resurrect the Good Will-Hinckley Home for Boys & Girls’s mission through a newly formed nonprofit organization.
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Skowhegan woman arraigned in NH murder case
Michele D. Corson, 43, of Skowhegan, charged as a conspirator and accomplice to a murder in New Hampshire, was arraigned Friday in Somerset County District Court.
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St. Albans man dead in one-car accident
Austin E. Field, 18, of St. Albans died Friday after the car he was driving struck a tree on Mountain View Road.
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Sebasticook Valley Health head resigns
The president and CEO of Sebasticook Valley Health and a senior vice president of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems has resigned following an agreed-upon separation.
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Nun falls asleep at wheel, crashes car into pickup
A Waterville car crash sent two nuns to the hospital Wednesday after the driver fell asleep and their car hit a parked vehicle on Silver Street.
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Injured Waterville runner missed Boston Marathon, but will tackle next year
Paul Josephson, of Waterville, who missed this year’s Boston Marathon with a leg injury, and Arne Koch, who ran in the race, say they intend to run in future events.
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11 homeless following Fairfield apartment house fire Tuesday
Eleven people are homeless after a fire on Maple Street in Fairfield destroyed a three-story apartment building Tuesday evening.
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Friends resurrect Mercer wood mill
Bjarki Gunnarson and Josh Saltmarsh are the new owners of Wood Idea and The Wood Mill of Maine, sister companies that specialize in select-grade pine flooring as well as pine and cedar paneling and planks.