Erica Nitschke

Fargo, Topsham

Assistant Web Editor at The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

Web producer @PressHerald • Child of the prairie

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Washington County man dies in Milbridge crash

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Erica Nitschke

A Washington County man was killed in a single-car crash in Milbridge on Wednesday afternoon. Maine State Police say 79-year-old Clyde Samuelson Jr. of Columbia was driving east just before 2:30 p.m. when his pickup truck left the road and went into a ditch between Route 1 and Sunrise Trail. Samuelson, who was alone, was removed from the truck by first responders and pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Proposal for Maine’s tallest building would transform Portland’s skyline

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Erica Nitschke

A Portland development company wants to build what would become Maine’s tallest building in the city’s Old Port. East Brown Cow and Safdie Architects on Tuesday unveiled their design vision for the Canal Plaza Block in the Old Port. The project, known as Old Port Square, would transform a 4-acre site with two new buildings and include retail, restaurants, hotels, residences, offices, parking and outdoor community space.
Angus King III, son of U.S. senator, announces campaign for Maine governor

1 week ago | centralmaine.com | Erica Nitschke

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Angus King III, son of U.S. senator, announces campaign for Maine governor

1 week ago | sunjournal.com | Erica Nitschke

Angus King III, a businessman, renewable energy leader and the son of U.S. Sen. Angus King Jr., announced Tuesday that he is running for governor of Maine. King, a Portland Democrat, joins what is likely to be a crowded field of candidates seeking to replace Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who will be prevented from running in 2026 because of term limits.
Auburn police arrest 3 juveniles in Lake Street robbery, standoff

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Erica Nitschke

AUBURN— Police ended a 10-hour standoff Sunday on Lake Street with the arrest of three juveniles, according to an Auburn Police Department Facebook post. Around 4:40 a.m., police responded to 133 Lake St. after receiving a call reporting a robbery and a pursuit involving weapons. The caller, also the victim, reported that a group brandishing a firearm and knife had robbed him of his clothing, shoes and other belongings, the post said. The group pursued the victim with the weapons.
US Border Patrol arrests 39 people over 10-day operation in Maine

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Erica Nitschke

Border Patrol agents arrested 39 people in Maine during a 10-day targeted operation that concluded last week. According to information provided by the federal agency, all were undocumented immigrants, most from Central American countries. So far this year, Border Patrol officials have arrested more people in Maine than all of 2024, reflecting the Trump administration’s hardline stance on detaining and deporting individuals who are in the United States illegally.
Thirteen students taken to hospitals in Waterville after complaining of feeling sick

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Erica Nitschke

BENTON — Thirteen students traveling in a school bus were taken to Waterville hospitals Thursday night after they reported feeling ill. Fairfield-Benton Fire & Rescue Chief Travis Leary said Friday his department got a call at 10:21 p.m. about a bus pulled over on the southbound side of Interstate 95 in which students had possibly been exposed to antifreeze. He and his crew and about a dozen area ambulances headed to the scene, near the Kennebec River Bridge, he said.
Dutch Treat, a landmark in Wilton, will not open this year

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Erica Nitschke

WILTON — The Dutch Treat, an ice cream and fast-food eatery that sits on a hill with a landmark windmill overlooking U.S. Route 2 and state Route 4, will not open this season. That means no cruise-ins, craft fairs or other activities usually held there over the spring and summer months. “After a long hard process, we have decided not to open this year,” Alison Welch of Wilton said Tuesday. “It was not an easy decision to make.”Welch has run the business since 2007 for her mother, Sharon Rainey.
Role Model’s a rising star, but he’s still homesick for Maine

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Erica Nitschke

Tucker Pillsbury was working on his latest album when he got very homesick for Maine. Pillsbury, known as Role Model to music fans, had already been in Los Angeles for several years, establishing himself as a pop singer and songwriter. But he began thinking a lot about his childhood home in Cape Elizabeth and the music his parents played, by artists like Jackson Browne and Neil Young. “I just hit a point where I was missing home a lot and my whole taste in music was kind of shifting.
Limington resident in serious condition after ‘intentionally set’ house fire

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Erica Nitschke

One person was seriously injured in a fire that destroyed a Limington home on Thursday morning. The resident was the only person in the house on Boothy Road when authorities arrived around 9:37 a.m, according to the Maine Fire Marshal’s Office. He was transported to Maine Medical Center in Portland through LifeFlight, where he remains in serious condition. No one else was injured, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the fire marshal’s office.