So much has changed during the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic officially reached Maine on March 12, 2020. And many of those changes will last far after the pandemic ends. Some are permanent. More than 2,100 Maine families and communities have lost loved ones. Businesses have closed. Careers have ended. Some who survived the […]
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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‘How much of this am I supposed to take?’: Low morale and pay are driving attorneys from indigent legal services
About 150 attorneys have stopped taking court appointments since December 2020.
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ACLU of Maine sues state’s legal services system for poor defendants
The lawsuit on behalf of five incarcerated people says the system fails to meet the requirements of the U.S. Constitution.
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear oral arguments on Maine vaccine mandate
The decision was expected because the court twice rejected emergency applications to block the mandate last year.
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Family looks for answers after alleged assault at Windham prison leaves 30-year-old with traumatic brain injury
Investigators told the family of Renaldo Jones that they believed he was assaulted by his cellmate. But family members still have many questions.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline in Maine
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 282 people were in hospitals statewide on Saturday, down from 294 the day before.
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State police investigating woman’s death in Washington County
The death of Paula Johnson Pembroke, whose body was found Wednesday, has been ruled a homicide.
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‘This is not going to take him’: Respected South Sudanese elder hit by car fights to recover
Peter Nguany Machar has been in the hospital for nearly three weeks, undergone four surgeries and tested positive for COVID-19.
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Lawmakers look at easing limits on number of clean needles Maine exchanges can give out
A record 636 people in Maine died from drug overdoses last year.
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Driver pleads guilty to federal charges in crash that killed 3 in Acadia
Praneeth Manubolu, who lived in New Jersey at the time of the crash, will be sentenced later.