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.
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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‘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.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Boater accused of threatening game warden with gun at Sebago Lake
The Maine Warden Service says Timothy Flick pointed a pistol at a game warden who was responding to complaints that a boater was acting erratically.
Posted inMaine, News
Family of Wells man charged with attacking NYPD officers feared he was suffering from psychosis
Two weeks before he allegedly attacked officers near Times Square on New Year’s Eve, a hospital near his home in Wells determined Trevor Bickford was not a threat to himself or others, according to a new federal court filing.
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.” — […]
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
After second budget rejection, Gorham lays off 9 school employees
If a school district doesn’t have an approved budget by July 1, Maine law requires the district to keep using the one its budget committee mostly recently approved, even if voters haven’t signed off on it.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Once too high, Gorham schools budget now too low as leaders struggle to find a number that works
The $2 million in cuts were too costly for a majority of voters Tuesday, who chose to send the school committee back to find a new budget plan nearly one month into the fiscal year.
Posted inMaine
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 inMaine
‘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.