Shawna Gatto is formally charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of Kendall Chick on Dec. 8.
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.
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Storm triggers Maine’s worst tidal flooding since historic Blizzard of 1978
Roads are closed off and buildings are swamped, and Portland has its third-highest tide on record.
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Brunswick’s Curtis Memorial Library closed at least through Friday after minor flooding
A frozen pipe caused a sprinkler to go off late Wednesday, but the damage was minimal
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Brunswick issues ultimatum to owner of mobile home park over inadequate water supply
Residents at Bay Bridge Estates – many of them elderly – say they’ve been unable to shower, do laundry or wash dishes. Municipal officials say the situation has become a public health issue.
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Brunswick mobile home park residents fed up over lack of water
Tenants of Bay Bridge Estates say the recent water shortage, likely related to the extended stretch of cold weather, is the latest problem they have had with the park’s owner.
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Last-minute shoppers jam stores and roads as messy mix of snow and ice bears down on Maine
The snow was expected to give way Saturday morning to freezing rain that could coat southern and central Maine with as much as one-third of an inch of ice.
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Couple shot in Millinocket home invasion still hospitalized
Diem Lapierre is recovering but her husband, Wayne Lapierre, remains in serious condition, police say.
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Audit critical of Long Creek confirmed what officials knew, corrections chief says, but fixes are being made
Joseph Fitzpatrick says shortcomings cited by the Center for Children’s Law and Policy are being addressed, and he rejects calls for the closure of Maine’s juvenile detention center.
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Accusations fly as Boothbay ruling puts botanical gardens expansion in legal limbo
The proposed $30 million expansion of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens could now be headed for a protracted court battle.
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Home invasion seriously injured 2 before Millinocket hospital lockdown
The victims have been moved to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor with injuries described as ‘significant and possibly life-threatening.’