Rachel Ohm covers Franklin County and enterprise stories for the Morning Sentinel. A graduate of New York University’s graduate school of journalism, Rachel had internships at the New York Times, CNN and USA Today before moving to Maine in 2012 to cover Somerset County. She also lived in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she wrote about education and the University of Tennessee for the Knoxville News Sentinel before returning to Maine in April 2018. A native of upstate New York, Rachel loves the outdoorsy life in Maine and spends as much time hiking and exploring the coast as possible.
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PublishedMay 21, 2019
University of Arkansas – Fort Smith leader named UMF’s next president
Edward Serna, the interim chancellor at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, will take over as president at the University of Maine at Farmington on July 1.
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PublishedMay 19, 2019
Die-hards snag bargains at rainy 10-Mile Yard Sale
Some shoppers at the annual flea market that stretches from Cornville to Skowhegan say better deals and less traffic made braving Sunday’s rain worth it.
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PublishedMay 18, 2019
Benton’s alewife festival celebrates resurgence of fish
This summer marks 20 years since the removal of Edwards Dam, a key step toward opening up the Sebasticook River for alewives to spawn.
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PublishedMay 17, 2019
Fairfield area school board authorizes independent review of administration
The board of School Administrative District 49 authorized the review after calls for the superintendent’s resignation amid the rollout of a restructuring plan.
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PublishedMay 14, 2019
Counterprotest planned at Waterville Drag Queen Story Hour
Protesters and counterprotesters have said they will gather June 1 at the Drag Queen Story Hour at the Children’s Book Cellar in Waterville.
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PublishedMay 13, 2019
Company planning to make insulation at former Madison mill receives $250,000 grant
The award from the U.S. Forest Service will fund product testing and marketing for GO Lab Inc. at the former Madison Paper Industries mill in Madison.
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PublishedMay 13, 2019
Waterville children’s bookstore gets backlash for drag queen event
Drag Queen Story Hour at the Children’s Book Cellar is intended to educate and share the culture of LGBTQ people in the community, but some question its motives and appropriateness.
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PublishedMay 9, 2019
Settlements total $417,000 for former Fairfield area school administrators cut under controversial plan
Superintendent Reza Namin said the money for the buy-outs will come from insurance and funds left over in the current budget.
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PublishedMay 8, 2019
CMP says it won’t use herbicides in proposed new power line corridor
But some opponents of the New England Clean Energy Connect project say the promise doesn’t touch other environmental concerns in the 53 miles of new transmission line corridor from Beattie Township through The Forks.
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Driver killed in Pittsfield crash on U.S. Route 2
A 90-year-old man was killed after his car veered off the road and struck a tree on U.S. Route 2 Monday afternoon, police said.
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