Masks will be required even in businesses that ask for proof of vaccination, and fines may be imposed.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray is an arts and culture 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. Her current beat is her favorite yet, and she loves the stories that take her to behind the scenes to an artist studio or theater backstage. Outside of work, 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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Maine borrowers will benefit from Navient student loan settlement
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Federal judge sentences couple to time served for role in sex trafficking
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Maine appeals ruling that allows out-of-state sellers of medical cannabis
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His deportation pulled a husband and wife apart for four long years, but no longer
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Crash on I-295 sends teenager to hospital
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Supreme Court signals support of public tuition for religious schools in Maine case
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