In need of a new creative outlet, musician and carpenter Scott Elliot started painting in early 2020 and hasn’t stopped. Now, people are buying his work.
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.
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He left the service, but the call to service never left him
Loveless served in the U.S. Navy for 27 years, including during the Vietnam War, but has spent even more time in retirement helping other veterans navigate benefits and services.
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Warm weather breaks temperature records in Portland and Augusta
The National Weather Service says unseasonably warm temperatures are also expected in Maine on Sunday and Monday before a return to more typical weather for November.
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Portland radio executive known as ‘Country Bob’ dies at 90
Bob Gold, who ran WPOR for decades, brought country music to Portland’s airwaves.
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How the ‘Boat of Eternal Return’ made its way to a Portland gallery
The piece by artist Stephanie Rayner, originally from Canada but now living in Maine, will be on display at Cove Street Arts through the end of the year.
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Eat & Run: From 104 Main, pub food just as comforting taken to-go
The Topsham pub serves burgers, pizzas and more, to eat there or at home.
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‘Hopeful’ became a sign of the times. Now, artist Charlie Hewitt is focused on the future.
The Lewiston-born, Portland-based artist, at age 76, is taking new risks thanks to the ubiquity of his lighted neon sculpture.
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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts hires new executive director
The summer program for artists and craftmakers, located in picturesque Deer Isle, announced that Perry Price will take over for outgoing director Paul Sacaridiz.
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Bodies of work: Colby exhibit shows influence of performing arts on painter Alex Katz
‘Alex Katz: Theater & Dance’ is among several recent exhibitions of work by the 95-year-old New York painter, who has been returning to Maine for decades since he first came for an artist residency in 1949.
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Portland Symphony to perform on violins played by Jews during Holocaust
The symphony has partnered with Violins of Hope, an organization that collects and preserves instruments and then offers them for traveling exhibitions and concerts.