More than 2 dozen attorneys general have asked the Food and Drug Administration to strengthen its guidance on enforcement.
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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Marissa Kennedy’s mother gets 48 years for the 10-year-old’s murder
The 35-year-old mother was convicted in December of depraved indifference murder.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Man in critical condition after being shot at Walmart in Scarborough
Police say the shooter and a female who was with him knew the man who was wounded in the store’s the parking lot, which was cordoned off with crime scene tape and scoured by investigators, including state police detectives.
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Defrocked priest appeals conviction for sex crimes in Maine
Last year a judge ordered Ronald Paquin to serve 16 years in prison for sexually abusing a boy on trips to Maine in the 1980s.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Prosecutor drops OUI case against longtime Biddeford school bus driver
Richard Tanguay will return to work immediately, the superintendent said Friday, after breath and urine tests revealed no evidence of alcohol or drugs.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Contractor charged with manslaughter in worker’s death could go to jail for bail violations, judge warns
Shawn Purvis, who is facing criminal charges for a worker’s death on a roofing job in 2018, was in court Wednesday for a hearing about his alleged bail violations.
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Old Orchard Beach man pleads guilty to murdering roommate
Dustan Bentley, 31, faces 25 to 40 years in prison for killing William Popplewell, 65, who died last year in the apartment the two men shared.
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Limington man found guilty of murdering his neighbor with machete
Bruce Akers faces to 25 years to life in prison for killing Douglas Flint and hiding his body under a pile of deer hides in June 2016.
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Witnesses in murder trial offer conflicting opinions on defendant’s state of mind
The jury has heard from numerous mental health experts who have evaluated or worked with Bruce Akers since he was charged with murder in the June 2016 death of Douglas Flint, his neighbor in Limington.
Posted inAnimals, Local & State, News
An inspirational tail: Collie goes from animal cruelty seizure in Solon to Puppy Bowl
Duncan was one of more than 130 animals seized from a business in Solon in July.