Reade Brower, who previously owned the Sun Journal and several other daily and weekly newspapers in Maine, is combining the 4 papers he didn’t sell into a single entity.
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 inMaine, Politics
Maine ends 2024 fiscal year with $93.5 million surplus
Despite the extra revenue, forecasters are expecting a leveling-off of revenues and the Mills administration is urging caution during the next budget discussion.
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Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Here’s the order of 5 Maine ballot questions, including PAC limits, state flag
Maine voters will weigh in on 2 referendum questions and 3 separate bonds totaling $65 million in November, including a question about the design of the state flag.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on the presidential ballot in Maine
The independent candidate gathered 4,800 signatures from registered voters, the Department of the Secretary of State confirmed.
Posted inMaine, News
Mills to nominate longtime DHHS deputy commissioner to lead state’s largest department
Sara Gagné-Holmes has been acting commissioner since Jeanne Lambrew stepped down on June 1, but was the department’s No. 2 for five years prior to that.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Maine political scholars see no precedent for divisive, unpredictable presidential race
Although there have been assassination attempts and calls for unpopular incumbents to step aside before, recent political history offers no playbook for how things will go between now and November.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
In rural Maine, efforts to provide drug treatment often met with resistance, despite high demand
Only about 2,400 people live in the Lincoln County town of Whitefield, where a 54-bed recovery residence recently opened in spite of heavy opposition.
Posted inMaine, News
The Supreme Court rejected an opioid settlement that could have brought Maine $20 million. What now?
While the parties will now have to renegotiate a new settlement, Maine is expecting to receive about $235 million over the next 18 years from other opioid settlements.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Mobile medical team aims to reduce overdose deaths in Greater Portland
The van is operated by Greater Portland Health, which serves vulnerable communities in Portland, South Portland and Westbrook.
Posted inMaine, News
Dennis Hoey, longtime Press Herald reporter, dies at 69
Hoey, a Maine native, worked for the paper for nearly 40 years, many of them as its unflappable night reporter.