Alden Robbins, who died Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the third person to die as a result of the Searsmont fire and explosion in May.
Riley Board
Staff Writer
Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
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Another firefighter released from hospital nearly two months after Searsmont explosion
Lt. Katie Paige, of Belmont, was discharged from Maine Medical Center on Friday after suffering severe burns during the May lumber mill fire.
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Sullivan motorcyclist dies in head-on Hancock collision
Jim Hoyt, 44, died at the scene Friday morning.
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Trans ballot referendum group argues signature validity before Maine Supreme Court
The appeal centers on the legitimacy of petitions collected by out-of-state circulators. The matter must be resolved by Aug. 25 to appear on the November ballot.
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Meet the Maine teachers who take on 2nd jobs when school’s out
The Press Herald talked to 8 educators who spend their summers leading history tours, waiting tables, working Sea Dogs games and lobstering, some for pleasure, others to pay the bills.
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Maine still undecided on joining national school voucher program
The deadline for states to join the scholarship program created by the One Big Beautiful Bill is in January. Gov. Janet Mills said she’s waiting on details to be released before making a decision.
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Maine school districts look to dismiss human rights lawsuit on trans policies
The commission has sued 7 districts that adopted policies aligning with a federal executive order that says transgender girls cannot compete on teams aligned with their gender identity, in defiance of state law.
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Maine Community College System president stepping down next year
David Daigler, who has led the system since 2019, will leave at the end of the 2026-27 academic year.
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Maine judge: Secretary of state was right to invalidate trans ballot referendum
Shenna Bellows said last month the initiative could not appear on the November ballot because the petition fell short of the number of required signatures by about 500. A Superior Court judge on Thursday agreed, but the petitioners plan to appeal.
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Maine transgender sports referendum back in court after invalidation
The group behind the question is asking that it be restored to the November ballot, while the secretary of state wants the court to affirm her conclusion that the petition fell more than 500 signatures short.