Emily covers courts for the Press Herald. Before moving to Maine in March 2022, she spent nearly three years in West Virginia, reporting on the southern coalfields, local and state government for West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit newsroom. Hailing from the upper Midwest, Emily cut her teeth covering city government for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus. When she's not working, Emily's usually reading (and is always on the hunt for good book recommendations).
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PublishedJuly 4, 2023
New state legal defense director wants to bring young attorneys in to do ‘important work’
Jim Billings took over the reins of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services last month, joining the agency that is severely struggling to find enough attorneys to represent poor Mainers.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2023
Judge denies request to throw out evidence in decade-old murder trial
Zachary Phach, 33, is scheduled to be tried beginning July 17 on a murder charge in the death of Matthew Blanchard in 2012.
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PublishedJune 28, 2023
Maine AG files complaint against Florida woman accused of making racist threats in Kennebunkport
Police say Vicki Lush, 66, called a Korean woman from Massachusetts a ‘foreigner,’ and told her to go back to ‘your country’ before threatening to hit her with a van.
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PublishedJune 26, 2023
Maine legislative agenda could chip away at lawsuit’s gripes against indigent defense system
A lawsuit against the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services has been quietly pending for more than a year. And while neither group will talk about its progress, a number of pending bills take aim at fixing the system.
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PublishedJune 20, 2023
Nearly 4 decades after infant died in gravel pit, mother of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ to serve 6 years in prison
Lee Ann Daigle, 59, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but maintains that she thought her baby was stillborn when she gave birth in Frenchville in December 1985.
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PublishedJune 19, 2023
Vinalhaven caretaker ordered to repay $300,000 of $900,000 her family received from German homeowner
A federal jury finds that Angelyn Olson used unrestricted access to Andreas von Hirsch’s accounts to spend more than $4.5 million between 2013 and 2020 to pay herself and care for his property and boat.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
Sexual harassment complaint against former Maine judge dismissed
Samantha Pike and Natasha Irving sued former District Judge Charles Budd last fall, accusing him of making sexual advances toward them at a conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Sentencing for Lebanon man who stormed U.S. Capitol moved to July
Kyle Fitzsimons, 39, was found guilty last year of assaulting at least three law enforcement officers while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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PublishedJune 12, 2023
Maine steps up use of yellow flag law to seize weapons from those in crisis
The law went into effect in 2020, but it wasn’t widely used until the state signed a contract to make the necessary medical opinions available via telehealth.
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PublishedJune 2, 2023
Maine moves closer to ending criminal charges for prostitution
While the bill sponsored by Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt, D-South Portland, would remove criminal charges for sex workers, customers would still be prosecuted, which is a sticking point for some engaged in consensual sex work.
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