Susan Sharon
Deputy News DirectorDeputy News Director Susan Sharon is a reporter and editor whose on-air career in public radio began as a student at the University of Montana. Early on, she also worked in commercial television doing a variety of jobs. Susan first came to Maine Public Radio as a State House reporter whose reporting focused on politics, labor and the environment. More recently she's been covering corrections, social justice and human interest stories. Her work, which has been recognized by SPJ, SEJ, PRNDI and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, has taken her all around the state — deep into the woods, to remote lakes and ponds, to farms and factories and to the Maine State Prison. Over the past two decades, she's contributed more than 100 stories to NPR.
Got a story idea? E-mail Susan: ssharon@mainepublic.org. You can also follow her on twitter @susansharon1
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"These dangers are real and carry heavy emotional and physical consequences not only for those serving, but for their families as well," said state Rep. Deqa Dhalac of South Portland.
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What happens after someone is detained by ICE? It's been one week since agents arrested Alessia Gaspar Da Silva's husband, Marcos, and a co-worker in Portland. She says Marcos has been transferred three times so far. And in a phone call Tuesday, he says he's being told he'll be moved again.
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The agency said it has arrested more than 200 people in the state since launching large-scale operations here last week.
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In Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, a crowd of about 1,000 people turned out on a bone-chilling Saturday afternoon with a message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement: get out of Minnesota and get out of Maine. Only half of them could fit inside the Agora Grand Event Center. The others stood outside in the freezing cold.
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Oliver was a female pioneer in the lobster industry who started hauling traps at the age of eight and worked with her son on the water until she was 103.
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Maine is the only state in the Northeast and one of only 16 states nationwide to have abolished or severely restricted parole.
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Four juveniles escaped from Long Creek in South Portland in two separate incidents over the summer.
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Erika Mclaughlin had been living in another state for the past six months and learned of her one-year-old daughter's death in a phone call from her mother.
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A spokesperson for the Portland Fire Department says it's unclear how many businesses were affected, but a repair shop is reportedly a total loss and it appears that Maritime Antiques and the Sea Bags Factory sustained heavy damage.
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In response to the drought, the company reduced withdrawals between August and October. But overall, extractions increased in Fryeburg and Denmark this year compared to the past two.