As the ocean temperature warms, more blue crabs are moving into the Gulf of Maine, according to researchers collecting data about the species.
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.
Posted inMaine, News
They built houses on a 200-year-old dirt road in Cornish. Then a neighbor blocked their access.
The town says its hands are tied and has punted the issue to the courts.
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Posted inMaine, News
Purple smoke returns to skies above Portland waste plant
Ecomaine says the issue was likely caused by a larger-than-normal amount of iodine in the waste stream. It’s still trying to identify the source.
Posted inMaine
Vermont man was working in yard with grandson before fatal crash in Sanford
Sanford police are still investigating what caused the driver to go off the road and hit Michael Gilbar and his grandson.
Posted inMaine
Maine ACLU says bus line allowed border officials to search buses without warrants
The civil rights organization is asking Cyr Bus Lines to stop letting Customs and Border Patrol agents onto its buses in Houlton after 2 Presque Isle residents were handcuffed and removed from a bus for not answering questions about their citizenship status.
Posted inMaine
‘He was bigger than life’: Family of missing lobsterman plans memorial
The family of Tylar Michaud, 18, knows he is gone even as the search continues, and say it is now time to celebrate his life.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Our live updates from Biden’s visit to Maine
5:54 p.m. BRUNSWICK — Air Force One has taken off from the Brunswick Executive Airport to take President Biden to Delaware. He is set to land in Dover and then head to Rehoboth Beach. As the plane prepared for takeoff, a group of protesters on motorcycles drove down Orion Street chanting “(expletive) Joe Biden.” — […]
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Seeking closure for lobsterman’s family: ‘No one wants a man lost at sea’
Though the Coast Guard has suspended its search, the Maine Marine Patrol and other agencies continue to look for Tylar Michaud, of Steuben, whose empty boat was found Friday near Petit Manan.
Posted inBethel, Maine
‘He’s home now’: Mainer killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 82 years later
Ensign Stanley Willis Allen of Bethel was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His remains were identified 80 years later.
Posted inMaine
Contractor dies after fall from ladder inside Kittery restaurant
The 66-year-old man fell while working inside Loco Coco’s Tacos on Monday morning and was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to Kittery police.