The money will allow the Hurricane Island Foundation to “further develop its research, teaching and leadership programs.”
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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Turnpike’s E-ZPass users upset with looming changes
About 23,000 E-ZPass holders who use the commuter program will see it replaced by a volume discount system on Nov. 1, and many are reacting with outrage.
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Winners, losers seen from new Maine health insurance law
Lisa Burton, who owns Reel Pizza Cinerama in Bar Harbor with her husband, saw her health insurance rate jump 67 percent this year. That’s on top of a 35 percent increase last year. In two years, premiums to cover her three full-time employees have doubled.
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Federal court rejects Maine’s Medicaid complaint
Gov. LePage would like to remove 24,000 low-income parents, as well as some elderly and 19- and 20-year-olds in order to balance the budget.
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More Mainers choosing to cremate loved ones
The cremation rate here is the sixth-highest in the country and the highest in the eastern half of the United States. The Cremation Association of North America projects that more than half of Americans — and three quarters of Mainers — will choose cremation within 10 years.
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Labor Day weekend deadly on Maine roads
Six people died in crashes over the holiday weekend, making this the deadliest Labor Day weekend since 1986.
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Dames doing good: Women offer free hugs in Portland
Looking for a free, no-strings-attached hug from a middle-aged woman? Deering Oaks is the place to be Saturday. Carol Hasbrouck and Joyce Claflin of St. Petersburg, Fla., will be there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., arms open. Why did they come all this way to give hugs? Well, that’s not the only reason they […]
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Well-respected community member at center of prostitution scandal
THOMASTON — Mark Strong Sr. lives in an 1800s-era sea captain’s home on Knox Street, halfway between Thomaston’s small downtown and the St. George River. He grew up in the house, which has been in his family for years. His wife, Julie, sells antiques from an attached barn.
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Feds still mulling LePage’s Medicaid waiver request
Gov. LePage would like to remove 24,000 low-income parents and 1,800 elderly people from the program, as well as all 19- and 20-year-olds.
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Maine teens feeling pinch of tougher driving restrictions
In the first six months they had their driver’s licenses, Danielle Kane, Maddie Richardson and Eden Monsen of Brunswick had to live with certain restrictions.