U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud is asking President Barack Obama for support in promoting the paper industry and protecting jobs for the 7,300 people it employs in the Maine.
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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Economic group backs east-west highway
The Somerset Economic Development Corp. voted to support an effort to construct an east-west highway across northern Maine, part of which will go through Forks and West Forks.
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New wind ordinance, 6 percent budget increase top on Town Meeting agenda in Canaan
Canaan voters will consider enacting a new wind ordinance and will decide on a 6 percent increase in the town budget during Saturday’s annual Town Meeting.
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Amid shrinking budgets, program brings museum to schools
Fourth-grade students at Bloomfield Elementary School in Skowhegan got a visit from the L.C. Bates Museum in lieu of funding for educational field trips.
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Big budget hike in Starks shouldn’t rattle tax rate
Starks voters approved a 23 percent increase in the town’s municipal budget on Saturday, but higher revenues from switching school districts and hosting a new substation being built by Central Maine Power Co. should prevent a tax increase.
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Benton sails through annual business Saturday
There was little debate Saturday at the annual Benton Town Meeting, where residents voted to accept a municipal budget that is just slightly higher than the current year’s budget.
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Jackman subject of proposed ‘Northern Exposure’ reality TV show
A California-based television production company, inspired by the 1990s TV show “Northern Exposure,” plans to create a reality show around the Maine town of Jackman.
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Smithfield Selectmen to seek input on fiscal calendar during Town Meeting Saturday
Smithfield Selectmen will ask voters to decide if they want the town to follow a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year at the Town Meeting Saturday.
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Bingham voters cut ambulance budget, buy fire station expansion lot at Town Meeting
Bingham voters cut funds to the ambulance service that the town shares with others, approved a purchase of property to be used for a fire department expansion and made town clerk an appointed position, at the annual Town Meeting on Monday night.
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Nelson sentenced to 45 years in drug murder of Anson man
Robert L. Nelson, of Norridgewock, was sentenced Tuesday to 45 years in prison for the murder of Everett L. Cameron, of Anson, who was shot to death during a drug transaction in 2009.