The rising death toll means more children than ever are confronted by unthinkable loss. When the questions come, experts say, keep it simple and be honest.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic receives $500,000 grant
The grant from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation is the largest ever for the organization, which has been providing legal aid to refugees and immigrants for five years.
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Westbrook housing concerns still aren’t being heard, some residents say
As development picks up again after a pause, critics are unhappy with the pace and limited scope of changes to growth controls.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Religion and Values
Maine churches discuss becoming sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants
A nationwide movement that’s gathered steam since Trump’s election stirs interest here.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Board member quits over SAD 6 superintendent search
Phil Pomerleau quits after criticizing a search process that generated just one applicant.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Longtime Gorham town manager plans retirement
David Cole has been a town manager for 40 years, the last 23 years in Gorham.
Posted inLocal & State, News, That Moment
Maine woman faces blindness with a sense of determination
At an Iris Network program for people with vision impairment, Julie Voisine reclaims activities she once thought she would lose completely as she loses her sight.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Windham man’s toast with Jesus’ face now listed on eBay for $25,000
The toast, prepared with butter and cinnamon, is being preserved in George Maley’s freezer.
Posted inLocal & State
Westbrook adopts a resolution in support of refugees, immigrants
It joins other Maine communities that make public shows of support for their most recent residents.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Just weeks after arriving in Maine, Iraqi woman tells her story in nation’s capital
President Trump’s travel ban initially prevented Banah Al-Hanfy, a college student whose father worked for the U.S. government, from joining her family here.