Megan Gray

Portland Press Herald

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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October 23, 2018

Cumberland County DA candidates disagree at forum on best ways to tackle opioid crisis

Democrat Jon Gale and independent Jonathan Sahrbeck also discuss sexual assault cases, immigration enforcement and safe-injection sites for drug users.
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October 23, 2018

Canadian man draws prison time for bringing illegal moose antlers to U.S.

The New Brunswick man is an outfitter and guide.
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October 22, 2018

LePage to appeal court ruling in dispute over Mills’ authority

The Republican governor wants the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to overturn a Superior Court judge’s decision that the Democratic attorney general did not exceed her authority when she joined a California lawsuit over Trump immigration policies.
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October 22, 2018

Sahrbeck faces Gale for Cumberland County DA office

A prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney are vying for the job on the November ballot.
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October 15, 2018

Portland man, 77, who helped run Maine’s biggest gambling operation avoids prison

A judge gives William Flynn only probation and home confinement because of his age, health and responsibilities as a caregiver, but says Flynn has ‘much to atone for.’
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October 14, 2018

For Maine women in confirmation protest, the fight was personal

They traveled to Washington to oppose a controversial appointment to the Supreme Court, determined to tell their own stories and discover the power in being heard.
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October 12, 2018

Longtime Auburn attorney suspended 9 months for ethics violations

Justice Donald Alexander of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court found that Jeffrey P. White violated multiple ethics rules in the last five years.
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October 4, 2018

Sexual assault survivors from Maine converge on Capitol Hill to appeal to Collins

The women travel to D.C. by bus and plane to share their experiences in the hope of influencing the senator’s critical vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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October 3, 2018

Mainers bound for D.C. in bid to meet with Sen. Collins have a common story: ‘I’m a survivor’

The group boards a bus hoping to tell Maine’s Republican senator about experiences of sexual violence and persuade her to vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
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October 1, 2018

York County jury finds Lyman man guilty in boat crash

Matthew Campbell was convicted on four counts of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon for his role in a boat accident on Wadleigh Pond in July 2017.