Starting on Christmas, St. Luke’s parish hall will be open as a daytime shelter on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray covers the outdoors and tourism 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, arts and culture. Outside of work, you can find her kayaking on the ocean and exploring Maine's many coastal islands with her husband.
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Portland fire sends one person to hospital
A police spokesman said the person who reportedly started the fire was having a mental health crisis.
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Vigil on the longest night honors people in Portland’s homeless community who died this year
About 75 people gathered for the annual memorial on the winter solstice to remember the 43 people who died so far in 2019 while living on the city’s streets.
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Theft charge dropped in motor home case
The York County District Attorney’s Office couldn’t prove that Joseph Boldiga had criminal intent when he drove away in a motor home he’d agreed to buy, a prosecutor said.
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Westbrook arson results in prison sentence
Police said Jonathan Thomas set a car on fire.
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Morning rush-hour crashes close I-295 in Freeport
An ambulance took 1 person to a hospital.
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Portland man sentenced to 40 years for domestic violence murder
Anthony Leng gets the longest sentence allowed under his plea agreement for shooting his longtime partner, Sokha Khuon, in their house while their sons were at home.
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Wells man pleads guilty to misdemeanor in sign burning
The court required Adam Masucci to do community service and pay a fine.
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Portland man charged with murder takes stand in own defense
Mark Cardilli Jr. testifies about his decision to retrieve the gun he used to kill Isahak Muse, saying he was justified in using it to threaten Muse when he wouldn’t leave the family’s home.
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Portland man shot his sister’s boyfriend in the back, forensic experts agree
But the state medical examiner and an expert testifying for the defense in Mark Cardilli Jr.’s murder trial offer different theories about what happened in the final moments of the confrontation in which Cardilli killed Isahak Muse.