The museum has raised $30 million so far toward a $100 million campaign that would include construction of a new six- or seven-story building on its downtown campus, more than doubling its current space.
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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Eat & Run: This Freeport coffee house and art gallery also has flatbreads
The Met, which has two other locations in New Hampshire, sells an array of sandwiches and salads.
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‘An Evening at Dave’s Sauna’ tells the mostly true story of an Oxford County legend
The musical, playing Friday and Saturday at Deertrees in Harrison, focuses on Dave Graiver and his eponymous establishment in South Paris.
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Portland Chamber Music Festival broadens appeal with diverse music, discounts
First-time attendees of the festival, which features four concerts at Hannaford Hall and another at One Longfellow Square, can buy tickets at a reduced price.
Posted inLocal & State
100 years ago, two Maine towns got married. It hasn’t happened again since.
The former Piscataquis County towns of Dover and Foxcroft only managed to merge after women got the right to vote, but they’ve been happily hyphenated ever since.
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In the eyes of Isle Theater, all the natural world’s their stage
The company, founded in 2020 by Deer Isle native Marvin Merritt IV and Anna Fitzgerald, is staging its latest site-specific play on a working farm in Penobscot.
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Maine ends fiscal year with $600 million in extra revenue
More than $400 million from the surplus was added to the state’s budget stabilization fund, which now stands at $896 million.
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Aroostook County woman charged with manslaughter in death of 1-year-old boy
State police release few details about the child’s death in Easton in March, including his relationship to Mariah Dobbins, 28, who was indicted on July 14.
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Bach Virtuosi Festival adds a free concert to its weeklong series
The festival, founded by Lewis Kaplan in 2016, is bringing acclaimed classical musicians to Portland for six concerts.
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Pulitzer-winning cartoonist’s work moves from newspaper page to Ogunquit museum display
A retrospective of cartoons, as well as some oil paintings, from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Morin is on display at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art through Oct. 31.