David Dahl

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Veteran journalist David Dahl serves as the editor of The Maine Monitor, overseeing its daily operations. David was most recently a deputy managing editor at the Boston Globe. Before joining the Globe, David worked for 20 years at the St. Petersburg Times. He was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University and a fellow at the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University. He has also been an adjunct professor of journalism at Emerson College, Boston College and Boston University. David and his wife, Kathy, enjoy tennis and kayaking at their home in Friendship. They have two adult children.

A man and a woman smile as they are in the process of moving homes. The man is holding a moving box tucked underneath his right arm with his left arm around the woman who is holding up the key to their new house in her left hand

Maine’s population sees largest regional percentage increase

Maine the lone state where median age dropped from 2020 to 2021, according to New York Times.

ByDavid Dahl

February 12, 2023

Pembroke becomes latest Maine town to put a moratorium on development

Voters overwhelmingly approve a measure to pause development, amid concerns about a resident who has purchased hundreds of acres of land over the past several years.

ByDavid Dahl

February 11, 2023

Grants awarded to provide broadband in 31 communities

Communities include Bancroft, Brookton, Danforth, Drew Plantation, Glenwood Plantation, Haynesville, Orient, Reed Plantation, and Weston.

ByDavid Dahl

January 28, 2023

Story on discovery of medieval manuscript in Waterville yields even more finds

Seven more leaves have been identified across the U.S. since September when the story received worldwide attention.

ByDavid Dahl

January 1, 2023

Maine’s population continued to grow in 2022, fueled by new out-of-state residents

The new Census numbers are the latest sign of the pandemic-era influx to the state.

ByDavid Dahl

December 26, 2022

A rendering of how businesses will line the walkway of Main Street

Flagpole park developers warn that proposed moratorium endangers project

Development company behind proposal to build $1 billion park in Columbia Falls warns a town moratorium would be "devastating" to the project.

ByDavid Dahl

December 4, 2022

As “red wave” fails to materialize nationally, Janet Mills wins re-election as Maine’s governor

Voters reward bipartisanship and effective governance, one political science professor says. Other analysts contrasted the governor's steady leadership with LePage's controversial tenure.

ByDavid Dahl

November 9, 2022