In a case badly mishandled by the state, two families with legitimate claims and lots of love for a little girl are thrust into an emotionally devastating adoption battle.
Eric Russell
Staff Writer
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 since 2004. 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.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
UMaine has no plan to follow Michigan in stripping former president’s name from building
University of Michigan officials decided that a science building will no longer be named for Clarence Cook Little, an advocate of controversial topics including controlled human breeding.
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Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Local & State, News
Deal allows disputed expansion of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens to proceed
Two related lawsuits will also be dropped as the agreement brings a bitter battle to a close, but details of the resolution have not been released.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
For Maine bank heist suspect, 70, getting away was never the goal
According to police and neighbors, Donald Sturton needed help more than money when he held up a Bank of America with a plastic water pistol.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine jobless rate dips below 3%, the lowest in more than 40 years
The preliminary figure of 2.9% for February has not been seen since 1976.
Posted inLocal & State
Money pours in to local Democratic committee after Republican insults Parkland students
As of Friday, more than $130,000 had been raised for the Lewiston Democratic Committee, which launched the fundraising effort to oppose Leslie Gibson, who subsequently dropped out of the race.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Watch the video: Blogger says LePage shoved her; he says she was chewing in his face
An unusual encounter between Maine’s governor and a Portland blogger is captured on video Thursday.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Democrats block confirmation of LePage’s pick to lead state’s housing authority
George Gervais, who is the commissioner of economic development, fails to get the two-thirds support necessary to win the position.
Posted inLocal & State
Founding director of state’s watchdog agency to step down
Beth Ashcroft has lead the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability since its inception in 2005.
Posted inLocal & State
For some Mainers, the latest storm is just one too many
This week’s nor’easter is testing the resilience, if not the sanity, of a state that has had just about enough of this winter.