Gillian Graham

Staff Writer

Gillian Graham has been a staff writer for the Press Herald since 2012 and a journalist in Maine since 2005. She covers York County and takes a special interest in cannabis culture and the medical marijuana program. During her time with the Press Herald, Gillian has told the stories of everyday Mainers, tackled issues of poverty and hunger and covered the historic marijuana legalization campaign. She has won regional and national awards for her work, including the Joseph D. Ryle Award for Geriatrics from the National Press Club for her coverage of senior hunger issues in Maine. Gillian grew up in Ogunquit and graduated from the University of Southern Maine. When not on the lookout for great stories, she can be found trolling flea markets and yard sales for vintage Pyrex, cooking new recipes and spoiling her nieces and nephews. She lives in Bar Mills with her husband.

Latest

Published
August 2, 2023

‘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.
Published
July 31, 2023

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.
Published
July 28, 2023

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.
Published
July 28, 2023

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.” — […]
Published
July 27, 2023

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.
Published
July 26, 2023

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.
Published
July 24, 2023

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.
Published
July 17, 2023

‘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.
Published
July 17, 2023

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.
Published
July 16, 2023

York could soon become a frontrunner in banning all plastic utensils

The town Select Board is scheduled to consider whether to put a proposal to ban all single-use plastic utensils, containers, cups and straws on a November ballot.