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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PublishedMay 20, 2019
Former Salvation Army officer now living in Saco accused of abusing teen
The Salvation Army says it terminated Gary Crowell’s officership after he was accused of abusing a teenage girl who lived with him and his wife in New York, but the alleged victim says the organization failed to tell police.
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PublishedMay 19, 2019
‘Somebody knows what happened to Angel’
Angel Torres was 21 when he was last seen in Biddeford. His parents and police believe he was likely murdered but they don’t know why, and they don’t have a body that might yield clues.
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PublishedMay 17, 2019
State settles lawsuit against trustees of antique auto collection worth millions
The 2 trustees of Richard Paine’s collection, some of which is housed at the Seal Cove Auto Museum on Mount Desert Island, will receive annual fees of $62,500 to manage the assets.
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PublishedMay 11, 2019
One dead after wrong-way crash in Augusta
One person was killed and another seriously injured in an accident on Interstate 95 late Saturday night, Maine State Police say.
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PublishedMay 11, 2019
Estranged couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Lebanon
Maine State Police say the bodies of a young man and woman were found inside a home on Bigelow Road late Saturday afternoon.
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PublishedMay 10, 2019
DHHS says it’s making child protection reforms while seeking ‘buy-in’ from staff
Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew and child welfare director Todd Landry tell lawmakers they need support from frontline workers to fix flaws in a system that contributed to the deaths of 2 children.
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PublishedMay 9, 2019
Cumberland County selected for national program to expand drug treatment in jail
The county joins 14 other jurisdictions in a program to expand medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse in jails.
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PublishedMay 9, 2019
Man who avoided jail when he pleaded guilty to bigamy last week is now on the lam
Police in New Hampshire issued an arrest warrant for Michael Middleton, whose most recent address was in Maine, for leaving a transitional housing program without notifying his probation officer.
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PublishedMay 5, 2019
What makes the Maine School of Science and Mathematics Maine the No. 2 high school in the nation?
National recognition from U.S. News & World Report spotlights an educational hidden gem in remote northern Maine.
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PublishedApril 30, 2019
Woman convicted of murder in abuse case that spurred state to reform its child protection system
A Superior Court judge finds Shawna Gatto guilty in the ‘shocking and brutal’ death of 4-year-old Kendall Chick. Gatto faces 25 years to life in prison.
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