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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PublishedAugust 9, 2013
One dead after van collides with tractor-trailer in New Vineyard
A 57-year-old Farmington man was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Route 27 this morning.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2013
Skowhegan State Fair, most of central Maine succumb to soaking rain
Friday’s rain washed out many events at the Skowhegan State Fair, soaked the entire central Maine region and continued the wet trend this summer.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2013
Maine wardens effectively end search for missing AT hiker
The Maine Warden Service said it is “extensively” scaling back efforts to find Geraldine Largay, 66, of Brentwood, Tenn., after an intensive search for the missing Appalachian Trail hiker Sunday turned up no new evidence or leads.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2013
Madison expo suggests cures for cold-prone home
Now is a good time to assess your home’s energy use, a presenter at the fair says.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2013
Maine amputees meet with ‘Dolphin Tale’ prosthetist
Kevin Carroll, the Florida man who created the dolphin tail prosthesis portrayed in film, met with local amputees, like Roland McLaggan, who are learning to live with prostheses.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2013
Six face heroin, cocaine charges in Skowhegan
Police are searching for another suspect and say more arrests are expected as a result of a month-long investigation.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2013
Fairfield dog owner charged with cruelty
Police said passers-by saw James Wiggins dragging his dog, now being treated for heat exhaustion and abrasions, down Norridgewock Road and many of them called police.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2013
Open access is flashpoint for hunters, landowners
A shooting in Starks last October highlights the tenuous — and tense — relationship when it comes to hunting on private property.
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PublishedJune 27, 2013
Police name 6 arrested in Fairfield track protest
The protesters tried to block a Pan Am train expected to pass through town Thursday evening by erecting a makeshift wooden scaffold on the tracks.
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PublishedJune 27, 2013
Norridgewock vandalism may lead to heightened surveillance
‘The vandalism to our public facilities is getting to be expensive. It’s nauseating,’ says the town manager.
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