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 for 13 years. 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: How does a woman die alone in a Wells mobile home without anyone knowing for 2.5 years? How does a convicted rapist from Massachusetts disappear before his sentencing and then live quietly in Gorham for 34 years before being caught? How does a husband in Bath respond when his wife develops early-onset Alzheimer’s disease? 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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PublishedAugust 2, 2013
Maine crashes put focus on loose golf cart rules
Safety controls are scattered at a time when more of the slow-speed vehicles are operated off golf courses.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2013
Kennebunk Zumba sex scandal made into TV documentary
The TLC network show interviews many of those involved in the infamous Zumba saga.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2013
Golf cart accident injures 5 on Maine island
The rollover occurred on Sebago Lake’s Frye Island, where many seasonal residents use golf carts.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2013
Closing of South Portland church underscores Maine trend
The closing of First United Methodist Church on Brown’s Hill is the latest sign of declining membership in many denominations in the nation’s least religious state.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2013
Railroad executive puzzled by police raid
After a train crash kills 47 people and destroys much of a Quebec town, Ed Burkhardt says the company is cooperating with the investigation, which remains limited to Canada.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2013
LePage touts ferry bid by Maine firm
The governor pledges state financial support for re-establishing Portland-to-Nova Scotia service if a Maine firm is selected.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2013
After two years in courts, bathroom-mess case ends
A Portland man loses his second appeal of a conviction that he deliberately smeared his feces inside a U.S. District courthouse.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2013
Lewiston arson suspect, 13, to be held at treatment facility
Based on a psychological evaluation, Abdi Ibrahim will be transferred while he awaits trial, a judge rules.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2013
Flash flood watch issued for southern Maine
Already by 10:30 a.m. today, as much as 2 to 3 inches of rain had fallen in some parts of southern Maine.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2013
On Internet, Mainers can trace family roots this weekend
Ancestry.com is offering free access this week to a new batch of 220 million historical records.
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