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.
Megan Gray
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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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.
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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.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Woman charged with selling cocaine, heroin from Lewiston motel
The Auburn woman also faces a weapons charge.
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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.
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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.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
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.
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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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U.S. ambassador to Somalia answers students’ questions at Deering High School
Stephen Schwartz largely skirts questions about President Trump’s travel ban from Somalia and five other countries as he begins a trip to Somali communities in Portland, Lewiston and around the country.
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Amid nationwide vacancies, Westbrook police offering $14,000 hiring bonus
The city is offering the benefit to officers with at least five years’ experience.