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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The parcel, known as the Coburn Gore Forest, connects lands in Maine and Quebec for a total of nearly 200,000 acres that will be forever protected from development. -
At the Howland Research Forest, carbon and other greenhouse gas measurements are continuously recorded from the top of several meteorological towers that soar above a lush canopy of spruce, hemlock and white pine.
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One day after attending the governor's opioid summit in Bangor, the nation's drug czar and a top official from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration paid a visit to the Maine State Prison to learn more about Medication Assisted Treatment behind walls.
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Maine's first women's semi-pro basketball team played their inaugural season opener at home against the New England Trailblazers Sunday. The Lewiston-Auburn Maples beat the Trailblazers, who had just five players for the duration of the game, by a score of 83-39 at the Lewiston Armory.
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A group of Auburn residents are asking the city council to repeal a rezoning law that could dramatically increase housing and business construction in the city as well as the size of new buildings.
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Police says the four youth, a 10-year-old, two 12-year-olds, and a 14-year-old, were identified through in-school and city camera footage.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which sets water quality standards and requires permits for discharges, was championed by Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie.
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The House Natural Resources Committee today advanced a bill to give Wabanaki tribes in Maine the same access to federal laws and protections that benefit nearly every other federally recognized tribe in the country.
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Veterinary clinic receives backlash after story of dog surrendered over $10K surgery bill goes viralMaine veterinarians are speaking out in support of an emergency veterinary clinic that has come under attack on social media ever since a story about its practice went viral last week.
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In New Gloucester, Maine, several hundred people turned out for the annual Memorial Day parade to honor soldiers who gave their lives in service to the country. But part of the observance involved several Civil War reenactors, including two wearing Confederate uniforms and carrying a Confederate national flag.
