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 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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PublishedJune 20, 2013
Former Maine deputy gets four years for molesting girls
The former Somerset County sheriff’s deputy and husband of a daycare owner pleads guilty to four counts of unlawful sexual contact with children under the age of 14.
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PublishedJune 18, 2013
Grand jury: No charges in shooting of Starks man
Kerry Hebert, then 56, was shot at close range on his own property last October following a confrontation involving a group of hunters.
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PublishedMay 28, 2013
Corinna’s oldest resident credits wife for long life
Larry and Dorothy Burleigh have done everything together for more than 71 years.
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