The vigil is one of more than 700 held across the country Friday to protest conditions at the detention centers and a potential immigration enforcement sweep in major cities this weekend.
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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Portland police make drug trafficking arrests in Bayside
A Portland Police Department spokesman said more charges are expected.
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Skateboarder injured in Portland hit-and-run
Police say they are looking for the driver of a white sedan that should have damage to the passenger side.
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Judge rules for Biddeford and its police chief in sexual abuse lawsuit
U.S. District Judge Lance Walker says Matt Lauzon ‘buried his head in the sand’ by not coming forward with his claims sooner.
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Acton woman can’t change guilty plea in ex-husband’s murder, judge rules
Kandee Weyland Collind will be sentenced for stabbing Scott Weyland in 2017.
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Student charged in fatal crash near Bug Light Park in 2018
William Blanchard of Gorham, now 19, was driving the car that crashed near the entrance to the South Portland park, killing a fellow student at Southern Maine Community College.
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Judge’s decision allowing abortion gag rule in Maine is put on hold within hours
U.S. District Judge Lance Walker said the Trump administration’s rule could take effect in Maine, but that was halted by an appeals court hours later.
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Federal judge allows ‘gag rule’ on abortion referrals to take effect in Maine
Maine Family Planning and other abortion providers are challenging the rule in court.
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Westbrook man pleads guilty to bank robberies
The prosecutor’s office says Aaron West, 38, robbed a bank in Portland while free on bail on a similar charge.
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Former Kennebunk teacher who was acquitted of sex crimes plans to sue RSU 21
The Maine Human Rights Commission dismissed a complaint by Jill Lamontagne, who contends the district retaliated against her for reporting concerns about students harassing teachers.