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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PublishedSeptember 3, 2024
Some crying ‘fowl’ after rehabilitated loon from Maine is moved to Massachusetts
After being sent to a rehabilitator by volunteer rangers, a loon chick from Little Sebago Lake was translocated out of state. Some say the loon should have been returned to its original home.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2024
Is the hive at work? These bees keep popping up around Portland
It’s not clear who is painting the bees, if it’s one person or many, or what their motivations are. Some Portlanders are delighted by the latest trend in street art, while others are worried about the cost of cleanup.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2024
Finalists announced for 2025 Maine Teacher of the Year award
The winner, who will be announced in October, will go on to represent Maine in the National Teacher of the Year program.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2024
Maine granted $7.3 million for prenatal and postpartum home health care visits
The funds can provide Mainers with home visits from nurses, social workers and other health care professionals as part of their prenatal and postpartum care.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2024
Mainers can now access their vaccination records on a mobile app
The Maine CDC is partnering with Docket, an app that gives people access to their immunization history. Requests for those records have skyrocketed since 2019.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2024
Live cannonball turned in to Yarmouth police
A man was attempting to turn in some ammunition, which included the cannonball, when concerns arose that it may still be active.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2024
Lewiston shooter may have planned to ambush former co-workers in lot where his body was found
State police released a new document that suggests the gunman ‘would have known’ that there were no cameras in the overflow parking lot at Maine Recycling Corp., where he had worked.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2024
Gov. Janet Mills tells ‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Harris can ‘call on us’
The ‘Seinfeld’ actor hosted Maine’s governor and the nation’s 7 other female Democratic governors for a panel discussion on the value and role of women in politics.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2024
West Nile virus found in crows in Yarmouth, 2 other communities
At least 10 animals have been reported with the disease in Maine so far this year – more than twice as many as reported last year.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2024
Some Amtrak Downeaster service suspended, modified through Sunday
Two trains are cancelled for the week and others will have modified service to allow crews to complete work in Wells.
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