One Riverfront Plaza has been vacant for more than a year.
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.
Nine Westbrook school buses taken off road because of expired stickers
Inspections are under way to put the vehicles back in service, and officials have fixed the tracking system ‘oversight.’
Portland councilor wants to ban wild animal performances in the city
Brian Batson said it’s cruel to use elephants, big cats and other animals for entertainment in circuses and other shows.
Westbrook likely to join other work-for-welfare cities in Maine
Councilors will vote Monday on an ordinance to allow ‘workfare,’ which in Portland often helps people get jobs with businesses and become self-sufficient.
Developer aims lower with revised Portland condo plan
The new blueprints would comply with regulations put in place after residents worried about a blocked view from Munjoy Hill.
State board to rule on challenges to Sappi deal on Presumpscot River dam removal
Staffers have urged regulators to reject the appeals of two groups that say the fish passages in the agreement don’t go far enough.
Gorham has 2 finalists for town manager post
Ephrem Paraschak, the town manager of Naples, and Michael Murray, Portland’s island and neighborhood administrator, will be in Gorham on June 8 for meetings with town officials and residents.
Lewiston students protest bullying after suicide of middle school classmate
Anie Graham’s father says the family tried to get her help, but ‘every system we have in place failed our daughter,’ who took her life this week.
Parents’ concerns prompt switch to organic pesticide at Freeport schools
The district had planned to use a synthetic spray on browntail moth infestations in trees near athletic fields.
Police say student who brought airsoft gun to Westbrook school won’t be charged
An alert was issued that prompted a lockdown at four local schools; it was lifted after about an hour.