The rapid-fire demolition and replacement of an aging highway overpass in Portland closed a busy stretch of highway for three days.
Gillian Graham
Staff Writer
Gillian Graham reports on social services for the Portland Press Herald, covering topics including child welfare, homelessness, food insecurity, poverty and mental health. A lifelong Mainer and graduate of the University of Southern Maine, she has worked as a journalist since 2005 and joined the paper as a staff writer in 2012. During her time with the Press Herald, Gillian has told the stories of everyday Mainers and tackled issues of poverty, hunger and homelessness. She enjoys telling compelling stories that help people better understand and connect with the communities and people around them. In her free time, Gillian loves spending time with her husband and family, hand embroidery, and hunting for vintage treasure at flea markets and antique stores.
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Hallowell family sends a gift to Ukrainian children who have fled their homes
The hope is that art supplies sent to a refugee shelter in Poland will help children process the trauma they’ve faced.
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After 11-year ride, Portland band The Ghost of Paul Revere is breaking up
The holler-folk band announced in a Facebook post that it would stop performing together after its Ghostland festival in September.
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Belfast potato plant fire was accidental, but cause remains undetermined
The fire spread rapidly through the building after it moved into an area above the fire suppression system, according to officials.
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Fire at Belfast potato processing factory prompts evacuations, school and road closures
The blaze, believed to have started in a large deep-frying machine, gutted the Penobscot McCrum building and left 138 people out of work.
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Decades ago, Ukrainian refugees found ‘heaven’ on farms in Maine
From 1949 to 1955, refugee families from Ukraine, Poland and Estonia stayed at Freedom Farm in Kennebunkport as they built new lives in America. Some later moved to farms in Kennebec County.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Launching re-election bid, Gov. Mills says there’s more to do
Janet Mills, the state’s first female governor, could face former Gov. Paul LePage in what’s expected to be an expensive general election between well-known candidates with a history of conflict.
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Maine Med nurse practitioner from Ukraine returning to treat the injured
Ukrainian native Natalia Iantsevych expects to work in a hospital in Lviv, a city in the country’s west now flooded with refugees fleeing larger cities under attack.
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Biddeford group to erect statue to acknowledge pain inflicted on Maine tribes
It will depict Sachem Squando of the Saco Tribe, whose son was drowned by English sailors in 1675.
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Mainers from Ukraine heartbroken for those back home
Now residents of Saco, Yarmouth, Waterville and Dover-Foxcroft, they tell of their worries, fears and frustrations that the U.S. and NATO aren’t doing more to help.