John Terhune

Press Herald

John reports on police and crime for the Press Herald. He previously covered the cities of Bath and Brunswick for the Times Record and was a staff writer for The Forecaster. A former Waterville Panther, John returned to Maine after studying philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont and journalism at Boston University. When he’s not writing about Maine communities, John spends his time practicing yoga, organizing games of Survivor and obsessively following the Red Sox farm system.

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Published
October 31, 2022

Bowdoin College student safe after escaping deadly Korean Halloween crowd crush

Bowdoin College officials confirmed that junior Emma Fortier, who is studying abroad in Seoul, South Korea, is safe after she attended a Halloween celebration that turned deadly this weekend.
Published
October 30, 2022

Bowdoin students rally classmates to hit the polls

Student volunteers for Bowdoin Votes have spent the semester putting up flyers, hosting tabling sessions and leading walks to Town Hall in order to encourage their classmates to exercise their right to vote this fall.
Published
October 27, 2022

Proposed Brunswick fund could support affordable housing developers

With the Town Council’s housing moratorium set to expire in a month, Brunswick officials are developing plans for a new fund to support developers who build affordable housing.
Published
October 26, 2022

Midcoast hosts Halloween offerings for kids and families

Brunswick’s annual Halloween parade, which dates back over 50 years, is just one of several treats Midcoast residents can look forward to this weekend.
Published
October 25, 2022

Brunswick High reports decline in vaping following flavored tobacco ban, but there might be other reasons

Fewer Brunswick High School students have been caught vaping this fall, but some teens remain hooked on nicotine, according to administrators.
Published
October 23, 2022

Harpswell charter school hunts for ways to reopen even as it plans its closure

Two weeks after the Maine Charter School Commission decided not to renew Harpswell Coastal Academy’s charter, school leadership is beginning the complicated and untested closure process, even as it searches for routes to reopen.
Published
October 20, 2022

Candidates for new District 49 want to combat high cost of living on coast

Current District 53 Rep. Allison Hepler and Georgetown business owner Kelly James both hope to combat high housing and energy costs.
Published
October 20, 2022

Amateur genealogists memorialize World War II soldiers

Maine volunteers have joined a national effort to research and write obituaries for the more than 400,000 Americans who died in World War II.
Published
October 20, 2022

Senate District 23 candidates differ on Maine’s best path forward

Incumbent Matthea Daughtry plans to build on her work as assistant Senate majority leader, while challenger Brogan Teel hopes to steer Maine onto a new path.
Published
October 19, 2022

With no candidates on ballot for Brunswick council race, write-in steps up to run for District 6 seat

For the first time in decades, no candidate will officially be on the ballot in the race for District 6 Town Councilor in Brunswick, but resident Nathaniel Shed has informed the town clerk’s office he wants to job and will be offered as a write-in option.