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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PublishedSeptember 5, 2019
Findings in fatal school bus crash lead Maine to consider fitness tests for drivers
A federal safety board has called for all states to require them, after finding that a lack of testing contributed to the deaths of a driver and a student in Iowa in 2017.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2019
Maine school districts add 280 pre-kindergarten slots as state weighs expansion
About three-quarters of Maine’s districts now offer pre-K, and the state is considering how best to grow early-learning opportunities.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2019
Sanders talks ‘political revolution’ at Portland campaign stop
The Vermont senator takes jabs at President Trump and discusses his plans for providing health care for all, addressing climate change and implementing stricter gun laws.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2019
USM announces $1 million gift to fund need-based scholarships
The donation from The Lunder Foundation will support an endowed scholarship program aimed at helping Maine residents with demonstrated financial need.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2019
Finalists named for Maine Teacher of the Year
A winner will be announced in October from among 3 finalists, one each from Cumberland, Franklin and Knox counties.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2019
Concerns in Portland school community prompt probation office to move sex offender counseling
A petition calling for the new probation office near Presumpscot Elementary School to move is on hold as corrections officials say they are trying to address concerns.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2019
UMaine gets $6 million federal grant for forest economy research
The school will use the money from the National Science Foundation to lead a research project involving UNH and the University of Vermont that will develop better data on New England’s forests.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2019
Deering High principal who resigned last week is now superintendent in Brewer
Gregg Palmer, who left the Portland high school as officials looked into a drop in enrollment, started work Tuesday as head of the Brewer School Department.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2019
At Maine’s sprawling border with Canada, there’s a new sheriff in town
Jason Owens, the state’s chief U.S. Border Patrol agent, comes from Laredo, Texas – a station at the center of the migrant crisis at the southern border. Managing Maine’s vast Houlton Sector isn’t about fear or bigotry, he says. It’s about keeping Americans safe.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2019
Deering High principal resigns amid inquiry into enrollment drop
Gregg Palmer has accepted another position and the district plans to launch a search for a new principal in January, the superintendent says.
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