Daniel Kool

Portland Press Herald

Daniel Kool is the Portland Press Herald's night reporter. A graduate of Boston University, Daniel previously covered city news, transportation and higher education for the Boston Globe. His work has also appeared in GBH News, the Boston Globe Magazine, and Boston University's student newspaper, where he was the city news editor. A midwestern transplant, Daniel lives in Biddeford, where he practices the banjo and theremin.

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Published
April 11, 2025

Portland police remove body from Grant Street attic

Police said the death does not appear to be suspicious but are investigating.
Published
April 11, 2025

Judge temporarily blocks USDA from interfering with Maine’s funding

The USDA ‘must immediately unfreeze and release to the state of Maine any federal funding that they have frozen or failed or refused to pay because of the state of Maine’s alleged failure to comply with the requirements of Title IX,’ the judge ruled.
Published
April 11, 2025

Maine’s high court upholds Kingfish aquaculture permit for Jonesport

The project was first brought to the community in 2019 and has faced strong opposition from environmental groups in the years since.
Published
April 10, 2025

Driver of stolen van leads police agencies on pursuit through Portland

The driver was taken into custody on the railroad tracks at the end of Commercial Street in Portland.
Published
April 9, 2025

Trump administration rejected idea of pausing Title IX actions to let Maine Legislature consider reforms

Two Republican-sponsored bills to exclude transgender girls from girls sports in Maine were a topic of conversations between the federal agency and the Mills administration.
Published
April 9, 2025

Maine’s hospitals are in dire financial shape, report says

The state’s major hospitals rank near the bottom among 50 states in 3 metrics — operating margin, debt burden and age of facilities — according to an analysis done for the Maine Hospital Association.
Published
April 9, 2025

Maine State Library lays off 13 workers, will restructure after losing federal funds

The library last received funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services on March 24 and has not gotten any updates on when — or whether — payments may resume.
Published
April 8, 2025

Bridgton man charged with threatening to shoot Trump

The man allegedly told an undercover Secret Service agent that he planned to kill the president.
Published
April 8, 2025

Wells becomes 1st Maine police department to agree to assist ICE

Wells officers will aid Immigration and Customs Enforcement through a ‘task force model’ in which local law enforcement officers are extended ‘limited immigration authority with ICE oversight’ during routine duties.
Published
April 8, 2025

Maine regulators investigating Versant Power’s management practices

The Public Utilities Commission says that Versant has regularly increased rates without improving service and questioned whether its Canadian parent company is providing sufficient oversight.

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