Lawmakers prohibited a lot of things, from single-use plastic bags to tanning beds for minors to driving while holding a cellphone.
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.
Maine bikers ‘devastated’ by deadly New Hampshire crash
Steve Davis of Newport, who manages a Facebook group called Motorcycle Riders of Maine with 13,000 members, says riding is a ‘brotherhood.’
Kennebunk school district paid $50,000 to settle ex-teacher’s racism complaint
Social studies teacher Rosa Slack filed a complaint saying that she was retaliated against for expressing concerns about racist incidents at Kennebunk High School.
School district settles with former Kennebunk teacher over racist incidents
RSU 21 agreed to settle with former Kennebunk High School teacher Rosa Slack, who filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission in January 2018.
Fifteen years after AMHI’s closure, mental health system still fractured
Despite a promise to provide resources to the severely mentally ill living in communities across the state, Maine has often failed to deliver.
Report: Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon to challenge Sen. Collins
Citing 5 unnamed sources, the Huffington Post says the Freeport Democrat will make her announcement this month after the legislative session ends.
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Fryeburg crash
The 35-year-old man from East Conway, N.H., crossed into oncoming traffic Friday night and struck an SUV head-on, police say.
Police ID victim in fatal crash on I-295 as Brunswick woman, 26
Kathy Haycock was a passenger in a car driven by Brannon McRae of Augusta that left the road and crashed into a stone ledge along the northbound lanes of the interstate in Falmouth, state police say.
Body of missing N.H. man found in Standish lake
Timothy Clauge, 39, of Nottingham, N.H., launched a kayak shortly after midnight on Thursday to go fishing but didn’t return.
Plane pull raises $100,000 for Travis Mills Foundation
Teams of 25 people take turns trying to pull an 80-ton plane at the Portland International Jetport.