Jeffrey Shedd sends a letter to a school community embroiled in controversy over notes alleging there is a ‘rapist in our school,’ saying the 3 students who left the notes ‘made a really bad choice.’
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’s highest court considers whether boy’s detention at Long Creek violated his rights
The 14-year-old boy, found mentally incompetent to stand trial, was held at the state’s juvenile detention center off and on for 3 years.
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Maine’s high court upholds town ownership of beach in Kennebunkport
The town and nearly 2 dozen property owners have been waging a legal battle over control of Goose Rocks Beach for 10 years.
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Westbrook man will serve 30 months for hit-and-run
Clemente Hernandez pleaded guilty this summer to aggravated assault, reckless conduct and leaving the scene of an accident.
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‘It’s our last hope’: Maine man deported to Cambodia seeks gubernatorial pardon
Some advocates see executive clemency as a political tool to protest federal immigration priorities, but legal experts say it might not be enough to bring Chamroeun Pheng home.
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Repairs begin at USM after burst pipe closes dining hall, bookstore, other facilities
University officials still do not know what caused the pipe to rupture over the weekend.
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Naked man flees captors in Casco who forced him into car trunk, shot him
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office responded early Monday to reports of shots fired and a naked man running down a road in Casco. Deputies ultimately arrested four men and charged them with trafficking in scheduled drugs. Additional charges are likely as the investigation continues. Deputies responded to the 300 block of Tenney Hill Road at […]
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History of hunting deaths invites question of reform
Since 1988, three women were fatally shot on their own properties by hunters who didn’t require permission to be there. Does Maine law need to change?
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Maine joins multistate lawsuit over auto emissions standards
The lawsuit argues the Trump administration has no authority to revoke a waiver allowing California to set tough tailpipe emission standards.
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John Williams gets life in prison for murdering Cpl. Eugene Cole
Justice Robert Mullen gives the 31-year-old Madison man the maximum sentence, rejecting arguments that Williams’ drug abuse and troubled childhood were mitigating factors.