Officer Anthony Verville fatally shot Christapher Dodge, 47, after responding to a domestic violence shooting at the Summit Terrace apartments early Friday.
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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How I became homeless
Across Portland and numerous other Maine communities, homelessness has grown far more visible since the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked people living on the streets this summer to share their stories.
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Maine Journalism Foundation plans to dissolve following sale of Masthead Maine papers
The foundation plans to transfer $171,000 in remaining donations to the Maine Trust for Local News.
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Sale of Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel to national nonprofit is finalized
The newspapers formerly known as Masthead Maine are now part of the Maine Trust for Local News.
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A new program gives low-income Maine mothers monthly cash. Will it help lift them out of poverty?
The Project HOME Trust will make $1,000 monthly payments to 20 single mothers around the state for a year as part of a pilot aimed at improving their financial security and futures.
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President Biden visits Maine to tout economic plans, sign order to boost manufacturing
The president spoke to about 180 people at Auburn Manufacturing Inc., a producer of extreme heat protection textiles and fabrics.
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Our live updates from Biden’s visit to Maine
5:54 p.m. BRUNSWICK — Air Force One has taken off from the Brunswick Executive Airport to take President Biden to Delaware. He is set to land in Dover and then head to Rehoboth Beach. As the plane prepared for takeoff, a group of protesters on motorcycles drove down Orion Street chanting “(expletive) Joe Biden.” — […]
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Flood watch in effect across Maine with more rain expected Sunday
Multiple rounds of torrential rainfall could produce flash flooding starting midmorning Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
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Nonprofit trust buying Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, other Maine newspapers in landmark deal
The National Trust for Local News has agreed to purchase 5 of the state’s 6 daily papers and 17 of its weeklies in an effort to preserve local journalism.
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They couldn’t find an apartment in Portland. So they got a bus.
But after two years, it hasn’t been the adventurous solution Jeremy and Taylor Michelson had imagined. Their home has been idled outside a U-Haul facility, racking up thousands of dollars in parking tickets.