Loyal customers and comfort food cravings helped carry sugarhouses through the pandemic, but maple producers are excited to see visitors again, face to face.
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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The pandemic effect: Personal stories of change
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 […]
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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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Stolen truck crashed into Eastern Prom monument, police say
The crash damaged the fence around the Cleeves and Tucker Memorial, the first public monument sited in Portland.
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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.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Portland man held without bail on murder charge
Police have released few details about the death of his father, 50-year-old Salim Al Siraj, and a judge agreed Friday to impound the affidavit for now.
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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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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.