As visitors flock to see the storm-exposed remnants of the 19th-century vessel on Short Sands Beach, town officials string police tape around the wreck.
Gillian Graham
Staff Writer
Gillian Graham is a general assignment reporter for the Portland Press Herald. 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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Trump nominates former southern Maine police chief to be U.S. Marshal
Theodor G. Short, a former Maine State Police commander, is the retired chief of Kittery and Eliot.
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Bowdoinham teen arrested after latest threat against Mt. Ararat High School
Police say officers who searched Jonas Cloukey’s home seized a firearm, several knives, two computers and cellphones.
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Man threatens daughter and her boyfriend with AR-15, police say
York County deputies arrest the Newfield man and charge him with criminal threatening.
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Treasurer accused of theft from Biddeford car club
Police say Gayle Pare confessed to taking $3,000 from the Maine Coastal Cruisers bank account.
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Storm-battered coastal towns assess damage to homes, businesses, roads
So far, one house has been condemned in Wells, but authorities in York County are just beginning to calculate the scope of the damage left behind by surging high tides.
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Seldom seen shipwreck re-emerges from York beach sands
The sloop believed to be more than 160 years old makes an appearance after the recent nor’easter’s powerful waves.
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Are frequent threats, lockdowns the new normal for Maine schools?
Here and across the U.S., a rash of menacing incidents following the Parkland massacre hobbles efforts to restore students’ sense of safety.
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York County woman stabbed ex-boyfriend with cordless screwdriver, police say
Police arriving on the scene found the victim with ‘substantial’ lacerations to his hand.
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Student shoots Mace, forcing evacuation of Mount View High School
Along with police, fire departments and ambulances from Thorndike, Unity, Montville and Liberty rush to the scene.