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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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
See these new acquisitions by Portland Museum of Art, before they go back into storage
The museum has a collection of 19,000 objects and counting, and only a fraction are on display at any given time. We look at how these pieces get to the museum and where they go when they’re not on display.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
Dancers get a turn as choreographers in Portland Ballet’s ‘New Works’
A favorite poem. A friend’s music. The interlocking gears of a machine. All provided inspiration to choreographers who will present pieces at Portland Ballet’s “New Works” on Friday. The annual show features experienced and emerging choreographers, including four current members of the professional dance company. Nell Shipman, executive and artistic director, feels strongly about giving […]
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PublishedMarch 2, 2024
To join #cluboyster, tattoo lovers seek out Portland artist’s raw talent
The oyster has become a signature linework design for Laura Cui of Fortune Teller Tattoo.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2024
Have something to say? Artist Hannah Elizabeth Bevens will listen
The Listening Wall, a piece of plywood with a hole for Bevens’ ear, is an art installation and an experiment.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2024
State police respond to erratic driver, crashes on Interstate 295
The incident caused a traffic backup, and troopers responded to 2 separate secondary crashes involving a total of 6 vehicles.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2024
Bangor police investigating death of child
Bangor police said that the child arrived at the hospital on Sunday morning and died that night.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2024
Love letters that led to a Maine couple’s marriage give glimpse of life during World War II
Harry and Zilphia Lund donated their letters to a UMaine library with the caveat that they’d stay sealed for 50 years. Now, they’re available to the public.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
The art of love: 6 works that embody deep affection are on display at Maine museums
The state’s major art institutions each chose a piece they felt represented the heartfelt sentiment associated with Valentine’s Day.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2024
Maine museums to create ‘visual dictionary’ of Wabanaki basketry
The Penobscot Nation Museum and the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine Orono received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the project.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2024
Portland author launches Disney-published debut novel with a dance
Emily Zack, a former French teacher and a founder of Vivid Motion, wrote ‘The Moorings of Mackerel Sky’ under the pen name MZ.
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