With the college’s security director concerned about sex offenders meeting so close to campus, the First Parish Church says it will no longer rent space to the Counseling and Psychotherapy Center.
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.
Number of homeless Maine residents declines 13 percent in 2015
But the number has fluctuated widely over the past several years, and is virtually the same this year as it was in 2010, according to a federal report.
Attempted assault adds to unease on Bowdoin College campus
A female student said she was grabbed from behind Tuesday night while walking near campus but got away. The report comes one week after another student reported being raped by a stranger in her apartment.
At heart of Syrian refugee debate: Strength of U.S. screening process
Gov. Paul LePage, 29 of his Republican counterparts and Maine’s senators are concerned, but others say the vetting system is already stringent.
LePage now ‘adamantly opposes’ accepting Syrian refugees
In the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris, Republican governors – and one Democrat – are attempting to close their states’ doors even though they don’t have legal right to do so.
Education firm with ties to former Maine Gov. McKernan settles lawsuit over recruitment
Education Management, based in Pittsburgh, agrees to pay more than $80 million for allegedly encouraging aggressive recruitment practices to receive more government subsidies.
Maine National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion ‘staying right here where it belongs,’ LePage says
The governor, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and others say they have assurances that plans initiated by former Guard Brig. Gen. James Campbell have been shelved.
No easy predictions for runoff in Lewiston’s mayoral race
Challenger Ben Chin got the most votes on Tuesday – 569 more than incumbent Robert Macdonald – but that doesn’t mean the margin will hold during a head-to-head runoff next month.
Without a majority vote, Lewiston’s mayoral race goes to a runoff
Challenger Ben Chin and Mayor Robert Macdonald finish first and second, respectively, in a field of five candidates, but neither one gets more than 50 percent of the vote.
Maine’s largest supermarket chains not affected by ground beef recall
The Hannaford, Shaw’s and Market Basket supermarkets say they don’t receive meat from the processor targeted in the recall.