Dean Danielle Conway is leaving after four years, and a committee is studying the school’s direction as part of the public university system in Maine.
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.
Defrocked priest, 76, sentenced to spend 16 years in prison for sexually abusing boy in Maine
A jury convicted Ronald Paquin last year on 11 of 24 counts of gross sexual misconduct stemming from incidents in the 1980s.
State is unlawfully holding 13-year-old boy at Long Creek, attorney alleges
A judge determined in April that the boy was not competent to stand trial, but could be in the future.
Long fight over access to Kennebunkport beach goes back before high court
The Supreme Judicial Court already has issued 2 rulings in the legal battle between the town and oceanfront property owners on Goose Rocks Beach that began nearly 10 years ago.
Crowd protests suspect’s release on bail in Portland murder case
Mark Cardilli Jr. has pleaded not guilty in the March 16 shooting death of Isahak Muse at Cardilli’s home.
Maine joins multistate lawsuit accusing drug makers of price-rigging
More than 40 states have signed onto the lawsuit, which claims manufacturers of generic drugs have conspired to inflate and manipulate prices.
Bowdoinham teen accused of killing his grandmother will be tried as an adult
The defense team described Dominic Sylvester as a victim of an abusive upbringing, while the prosecutor told the court he is an aggressor and a danger to the public.
Man charged with murder in death of Deering grad is granted release on bail
Mark Cardilli Jr. has pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of Isahak Muse and will be free on $50,000 cash bail while the case proceeds.
Dog or coyote bit family on Lisbon walking path, police say
A man, woman and their 11-year-old daughter were treated for their wounds at a Lewiston hospital.
Federal, state investigators charge 25 people in Down East drug trafficking case
Authorities say the defendants, from Maine and New York, distributed crack, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from New York City in Washington and Hancock counties.