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.

Latest

Published
March 30, 2015

Paintings show artistic side of Maine’s Assistant Attorney General Alsop

He pursues a career in the law but also nurtures a love of painting that began in boyhood.
Published
March 28, 2015

New Sharon couple arrested again on drug charges

They face charges of trafficking and child endangerment after a meth lab raid at their home.
Published
March 24, 2015

Madison plan would dissolve police department in wake of mill’s devaluation

The town would contract with the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department and save about $130,000 annually.
Published
March 20, 2015

Vet group’s leader says he’ll stay despite arrest

He was arrested earlier this week amid allegations he oversaw illegal gambling at the VFW.
Published
March 19, 2015

Madison VFW commander accused of making payouts for video poker

Police say Louis Padula, of Anson, made ‘thousands of dollars’ in illegal payouts, tampered with a witness and falsified evidence.
Published
March 17, 2015

Redford to speak at Colby graduation

The filmmaker is lauded by the Maine film community for supporting independent movies.
Published
March 17, 2015

Firefighter assaulted by Sidney man who refused to leave burning home, officials say

Dana L.J. Nadeau is charged with striking a firefighter, who persisted and got the man out of house, suffering smoke inhalation in the process, the fire chief says.
Published
March 17, 2015

Robert Redford to speak at Colby College commencement

The filmmaker is lauded by the Maine film community for supporting independent movies.
Published
March 16, 2015

Farmington forestry program helps budding lumberjacks make the cut

At Mt. Blue High School, students can graduate as certified logging professionals.
Published
March 11, 2015

Students in Waterville take photography ‘journeys’ with Colby fellow

Eric Gottesman, a photographer who spent years documenting the effects of AIDS on young people in Ethiopia, has been working for the past few months with kids at the Alfond Youth Center.

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