The community ‘elder’ facilitates understanding through language as an on-call interpreter for Maine Medical Center who also helps families experiencing domestic violence.
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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In trial’s emotional end, Noah Gaston convicted of murdering his wife
Jurors deliberated for about 12 hours over three days before finding Noah Gaston guilty of murder for shooting Alicia Gaston in their house in the early morning of Jan. 14, 2016.
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Jury deliberations stretch into 3rd day in Windham man’s murder trial
Noah Gaston is charged with murder and manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife, Alicia Gaston, in January 2016.
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Jury now must decide whether Windham man committed a crime when he killed his wife
Noah Gaston, who is charged with murder and manslaughter, has said he thought he was aiming at an intruder when he shot Alicia Gaston.
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Attorneys reconstruct Windham woman’s fatal shooting, including the staircase where it happened
The prosecution and defense use a wooden staircase erected in the courtroom to argue their versions of the shooting in which Noah Gaston is charged with murder in his wife’s death.
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Jurors hear daughter’s interview, detectives’ testimony in Windham man’s murder trial
Hours after Noah Gaston shot Alicia Gaston on Jan. 14, 2016, the girl told police, ‘I think my mom screamed like right before the bullet hit her.’
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Cape Elizabeth to appeal ruling on suspension of student who posted notes saying ‘there’s a rapist’
Aela Mansmann and her mother are challenging her suspension for posting a sticky note in a school bathroom that said, ‘There’s a rapist in the school and you know who it is.’
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Portland police investigate report of armed robbery in Old Port
The reported crime took place on Monday afternoon on Commercial Street.
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Maine public schools, groups weigh in on lawsuit over religious school tuition
The case is pending in a federal appeals court in Boston.
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Fishing boat catches fire at Portland Fish Pier
The cause is unknown, but there were no injuries or explosions, and city firefighters were able to contain the blaze in about half an hour.