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.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News

‘Wild party’ in Waterboro leads to 2 arrests

by Megan Gray September 9, 2018September 9, 2018

Also, several minors are issued summonses for illegal possession of alcohol, the York County sheriff says.

Cops & Courts

Biddeford School Committee member indicted on assault charges

by Megan Gray September 7, 2018September 8, 2018

Dennis Anglea, 58, denies claims that he was violent and had sex with a woman he called a friend.

Cops & Courts, News

South Portland man pleads guilty to role in bank robbery

by Megan Gray September 7, 2018September 7, 2018

Waddah Siedahmed was involved in a robbery of a Key Bank branch in Portland on Nov. 17, according to court records.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News

One of two suspects in Biddeford hate crime is granted bail and released

by Megan Gray September 5, 2018September 6, 2018

While Dusty Leo, 27, is monitored through an ankle bracelet and must return to his job, the other suspect, Maurice Diggins, 34, has agreed to be held in custody pending trial.

Local & State, News

Families of children hurt in van crash preparing to sue Kittery for financial damages

by Megan Gray September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

One notice of claim in the wreck, which involved a town employee driving a van carrying 11 summer campers, says the victim’s medical bills totaled $100,000.