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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, Local Elections, News, Schools and Education
Westbrook will hold referendum Nov. 8 on school expansion plan
The $27 million project would renovate and add 12 new classrooms to Saccarappa Elementary School, and add 12 new classrooms at Westbrook Middle School.
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Calais man arrested after paddling air mattress to Canada to aid girlfriend
John Michael Bennett, 25, gets two months in a Canadian jail for crossing the border via the St. Croix River.
Posted inArt, Local & State, News, Politics
Artists praise, others decry LePage mural in Portland amid free-speech debate
The graffiti depicting the governor in Ku Klux Klan robes has been altered, but the controversy continues.
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LePage voice mail makes Rep. Drew Gattine the talk of the state
But the quiet lawmaker, who answered an earlier call to serve Westbrook, keeps the discourse civil.
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Westbrook residents voice support for $27 million school expansion
But they repeat calls for a moratorium on housing development they say could strain the school district.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Developer scales back plans for Blue Spruce Farm subdivision in Westbrook
A legal dispute with a landowner prompts Risbara Bros. to reduce the scope of the housing complex.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News, That Moment
That Moment: In face of fatal illness, resilience and a ‘celebration of brains’
After developing a tumor, Sam Koenigsberg, 33, is inspired to throw a birthday party bathed in purple.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton will not run for fourth term
The city’s first female mayor says she has increasing demands at work and wants to spend more time with her family.
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Westbrook residents, officials discuss moratorium on new housing projects
More than 70 residents turn out for a workshop on an issue that’s causing alarm in the city.