Rachel Ohm

Press Herald

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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Published
April 30, 2018

Waterville mayor’s emails show wide range of worries over Parkland tweet

The emails shed light on implications that Nick Isgro’s controversial use of social media have for the city.
Published
April 27, 2018

Friend says suspected police killer was ‘paranoid,’ had bulletproof vest before shooting

John Williams, 29, of Madison remained at large Friday as authorities hunted for him for a third day and Sheriff Dale Lancaster again implored him to ‘surrender peacefully.’
Published
April 26, 2018

Suspected police-killer John Williams provides few clues as to who he is

The scraps of information available on the man accused of killing Cpl. Eugene Cole, of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, give few indications of his motivations in life.
Published
April 25, 2018

Slain sheriff’s officer remembered as ‘well known and well respected’

Cpl. Eugene Cole, the first police officer to be fatally shot in Maine since 1989, was a 13-year veteran of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and the father of four, including a son who is a sheriff’s deputy.
Published
April 24, 2018

Farmington selectmen review plan to remove Walton’s Mill Dam

The $1.2 million proposal by the Atlantic Salmon Federation is an alternative to building fish passageways.
Published
April 17, 2018

Waterville Facebook pages spread misinformation, lead political attacks

Mayor Nick Isgro says he doesn’t know who runs the pages, which have been leading attacks and making unsubstantiated claims about the recall effort.
Published
April 11, 2018

LePage blasts bank’s ‘discharge’ of Waterville mayor because of ‘eat it’ tweet

Gov. Paul LePage expresses support for Nick Isgro, who was recently dismissed by Skowhegan Savings Bank over a tweet criticizing a school shooting survivor.
Published
April 10, 2018

Second recall effort underway in Waterville, this time targeting councilor

Papers are taken out to recall a city councilor just days after a group announced an effort to remove Mayor Nick Isgro from office for posts he made on social media.
Published
April 9, 2018

Former Waterville mayor leads effort to oust Nick Isgro from office after tweet controversy

Karen Heck along with two other residents took out paperwork Monday morning to initiate the recall process for Mayor Nick Isgro following outrage over a tweet telling a school shooting survivor to “eat it.”
Published
April 9, 2018

Barking dog alerts man to late-night fire at Fairfield home; both escape

Mitchell MacArthur Jr. said his dog Sabrina started howling and running in circles, alerting him to the fire that heavily damaged the single-family home Fairfield Sunday night.

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