Benjamin Conroy’s past convictions include two counts of operating under the influence in 2018, though it was unclear Friday whether that should have excluded him from working in a school.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
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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UMaine System working to bring hundreds of students into compliance with vaccine mandate
The system is still waiting to hear from 471 students, just one day before the deadline for students to verify their vaccination status.
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Education technician at Portland school charged with multiple sex crimes
Benjamin Conroy is accused of victimizing a student in the autism spectrum program where he works at Ocean Avenue Elementary School.
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Eighth-grade teacher in Hampden named 2022 Maine Teacher of the Year
Kelsey Stoyanova, who teaches at Reeds Brook Middle School in RSU 22, has been an advocate for student involvement in curriculum creation.
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Outgoing Portland police chief will take over as security director at Wex
Chief Frank Clark has accepted a position as director of global security at Wex and will start later this year, the company said Tuesday.
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Schools in Bangor and Cumberland ranked best in Maine
Fruit Street School in Bangor is named the top elementary school in the state, and Greely Middle School in Cumberland the top middle school by U.S. News & World Report.
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Number of COVID-19 patients in Maine hospitals remains elevated
The count rose slightly Monday to 165, but remains below the peak numbers the state was reporting 2 weeks ago.
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Maine community colleges to make $60 million investment in workforce training
The funding will be used to launch a virtual center overseeing a variety of short-term training initiatives aimed at the unemployed, front-line workers and Mainers lacking degrees.
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As COVID-19 surge continues, Maine college campuses remain virtually immune
Schools say a combination of vaccine mandates, indoor masking in public spaces and regular testing have kept case numbers low.
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Maine reports 738 new cases and 2 deaths as CDC continues to work through backlog
The seven-day average of new cases rose to 593 on Friday, but the state is continuing to work through a backlog of positive test results that date back more than a week.