Eric Russell has been a general assignment reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2012 and has been a journalist in Maine for 13 years. Because he doesn’t have a specific geographic or topical area to cover, Eric often is free to roam the state in pursuit of the most interesting stories, whether it’s tackling the big topic of the day or chasing ideas that fall just outside the boundaries of everyday news. His favorite assignments are ones where he can leave the office and meet with people in their homes or their workplaces to talk about their struggles and challenges – and sometimes their triumphs. Or to try and answer complicated questions: How does a woman die alone in a Wells mobile home without anyone knowing for 2.5 years? How does a convicted rapist from Massachusetts disappear before his sentencing and then live quietly in Gorham for 34 years before being caught? How does a husband in Bath respond when his wife develops early-onset Alzheimer’s disease? Eric grew up in Southern Maine, went to college at the University of Maine and worked in Bangor for eight years before joining the Press Herald. He lives in Brunswick with his wife, a school teacher, and two daughters.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2012
Governor comes under fire for remarks about Maine education shortcomings
Ashley Graffam, a 2006 graduate of South Portland High School, headed to the University of New Hampshire for her college education, along with a number of other Maine students. At no point, she said, did she feel judged as inferior for being from Maine.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2012
York County officials meet with FCC on jamming
Emergency signals have been interfered with during fire calls and accidents, leading to delays in some cases.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2012
‘It just doesn’t makesense to go out,’ says one Maine lobsterman
Lobstermen up and down the Maine coast are keeping their lips sealed tighter than a lobster claw.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2012
Silence and whispers follow glut of Maine lobsters
Lobstermen up and down the Maine coast are keeping their lips sealed tighter than a lobster claw.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2012
Poll shows Mainers see mostly cloudy economic picture
One in three Mainers say that their own economic situation is worse now than it was two years ago, and only 18 percent say it’s better, according to a poll commissioned recently by The Portland Press Herald.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2012
Former MTM editor hired as new CEO of NH paper
Richard Connor, former publisher and editor of MaineToday Media, has been named chief executive officer of Foster’s Daily Democrat, a daily newspaper based in Dover, N.H.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2012
NH daily hires former MTM editor as CEO
Richard Connor, former publisher and editor of MaineToday Media, has been named chief executive officer of Foster’s Daily Democrat, a daily newspaper based in Dover, N.H.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2012
Criticism of turnpike toll hikes continues
YORK — Motorists who travel through the Maine Turnpike toll plaza in York would pay $3 instead of $2 under a proposal favored by staff at the turnpike authority.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2012
Former MaineToday Media editor named CEO of NH paper
Richard Connor, former editor of The Portland Press Herald, to lead Foster’s Daily Democrat in Dover.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2012
Decision to stop driving not easy for older people
Jack Berman may not always know what he had for breakfast yesterday, but he knows he shouldn’t get behind the wheel.
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