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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PublishedAugust 26, 2021
Conservative shift on U.S. Supreme Court could affect legal challenge to Maine’s vaccine mandate
The lawsuit is challenging the state’s vaccine mandate for health care workers over its lack of a religious exemption, and it could become a test case on whether such mandates must include religious exemptions.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2021
Portland man who died in house fire was ‘always there’ for his family
David Goodell, 73, died last week and his partner, Mary Ann Larrabee, was injured in the fire.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2021
Maine gun safety law hindered by medical requirement
The legislation created a process for police to temporarily take firearms away from people who are in danger of hurting themselves or others.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2021
Cumberland County corrections officer pleads not guilty to assault charges
Vinal Thompson, 40, is accused of repeatedly punching an inmate last year, an incident that was captured on video.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2021
Massachusetts man pleads guilty to aggravated assault in co-worker’s death
Robert Clarke and Elliott Fama were arguing outside a South Portland hotel last October when Clarke punched Fama and knocked him out.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2021
Federal judge sidesteps allegation of racial profiling in Maine traffic stop
A judge orders that a drug case can move forward despite allegations the suspect was targeted by a state trooper because he is Black.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2021
Man pleads guilty for role in New England sex trafficking
Shou Chao Li and his wife, Derong Miao, were charged with transporting Chinese women between New Hampshire and Portland as part of a prostitution ring.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2021
Maine came closer than ever to closing its youth prison. What happens next?
Other states are looking for models that are less punitive and more effective for rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, and Maine is moving in that direction too.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Portland man who belonged to neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to child porn charge
Andrew Hazelton was charged with possessing child pornography shortly after his employer notified police about troubling behavior.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2021
Indictment charges corrections officer with assaulting inmate at Cumberland County Jail
Vinal Thompson, 40, has been on paid administrative leave for more than a year in connection with the July 2020 incident.
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