A steady snowfall blanketed the region on Tuesday, closing schools and businesses and slowing traffic.
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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Snowfall steady in central Maine
Steady snowfall is blanketing central Maine and is expected to dump 10 to 14 inches of snow on the region today.
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Waterville restaurant owner, brother to appeal convictions on illegal workers
Hector Fuentes, 39, of Waterville, and his brother, Guillermo Fuentes, 37, of Westbrook, were convicted of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit as well as aiding and abetting document fraud, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II.
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No model best for serving rural Mainers’ ambulance needs
Trying to figure out how to pay for shared services, such as emergency medicine, can be a challenge in rural communities, and there may be no best way to do it.
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Michaud looks for support for paper mills in Washington
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.
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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.