Megan Gray

Staff Writer

Megan Gray is a general assignment reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails, lawsuits and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Her favorite stories are the ones that help us learn more about each other and the varied lives we lead in this expansive state. She likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.

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April 20, 2017

Marijuana giveaway in Monument Square gets crowd stoked

Longtime legal-weed advocate Crash Berry honors ‘420,’ a sort-of marijuana holiday, by handing out one-gram packets for free starting around high noon.
Published
April 16, 2017

Maine’s a haven for asylum seeker from Russia

Drawing unwanted attention from Putin’s government, an activist for the plight of indigenous people in the Far East resettles in Yarmouth.
Published
April 14, 2017

Judge rules Bowdoin has first right to buy house linked to Harriet Beecher Stowe

The college would have to pay the average of three appraised values of the house located in the middle of campus at 28 College St.
Published
April 14, 2017

Woman charged with selling cocaine, heroin from Lewiston motel

The Auburn woman also faces a weapons charge.
Published
April 13, 2017

Naples man who came to U.S. as a teen is detained, faces possible deportation

Otto Morales-Caballeros, who left Guatemala 20 years ago and has been working with federal officials to resolve his undocumented status, may have been swept up in the president’s enforcement crackdown.
Published
April 13, 2017

Project stalls, but state presses on with transitional home for men released from Long Creek

Neighbors say they are leery of living near people recently released from the state’s juvenile detention facility in South Portland.
Published
April 11, 2017

Detained Somali immigrant says he never realized he could be deported

Abdi Ali, who came to the U.S. 20 years ago and has permanent resident status, faces deportation because of a misdemeanor drug conviction.
Published
April 10, 2017

Proposed budget would increase Westbrook tax rate by 6 percent

Mayor Mike Sanphy describes his proposal as a ‘responsive budget that reflects, responds to and anticipates the needs of our city.’
Published
April 10, 2017

Scores of Maine attorneys condemn immigration arrest at Portland courthouse

In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the lawyers argue that such arrests ‘undermine the fundamental constitutional guarantee’ of the right to seek redress in court.
Published
April 7, 2017

Somali immigrant detained in Portland has long record of misdemeanor offenses

A criminal background check of Abdi Ali, who was taken into custody at the Cumberland County Courthouse on Thursday, shows two assault convictions, among other offenses.

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