High winds and heavy snow from ‘one of the more significant snows we’ve seen this season’ will combine to create a risk of downed branches and power outages starting Wednesday night.
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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Julia Gagnon of Cumberland secures top 24 spot on ‘American Idol’
The USM student is headed to Hawaii to compete week by week with the other finalists on the TV singing contest.
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Posted inLocal & State
Bowdoin College student found dead in Topsham
The student was a 20-year-old woman, and police did not specify her cause of death.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Spring storm could bring 6 inches of snow to parts of Maine
The storm is expected to arrive Wednesday afternoon and last into Friday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
See and hear the history of music in Maine
A sweeping exhibit called ‘Music in Maine’ is on view at the Maine Historical Society through the end of 2024.
Posted inDo This, Portland Sea Dogs
Slugger spills the details of his pregame ritual – and more
The newly minted member of the Mascot Hall of Fame answered our questions before the start of the Sea Dogs season.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
As St. Patrick’s Day arrives, Portland is still Irish, even if the bars aren’t
The number of Irish pubs in the city has dwindled in recent years with the closure of local standbys such as Brian Boru, Bull Feeney’s and The Snug. But residents have no shortage of places to celebrate the holiday however they choose.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Protest planned outside Matisyahu concert in Portland
Maine Jews for Palestine are asking the State Theatre to cancel the show.
Posted inDo This
For a longtime Irish dance instructor, St. Patrick’s Day is ‘the same as my birthday’
Carlene Stillson, who runs the only Irish dance school in Maine to be accredited by the governing body in Ireland, answered our five questions about her favorite month of the year.
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Portland’s Abyssinian Meeting House inspires work from a renowned violinist
Daniel Bernard Roumain performed his piece on site in Portland last week and will be back this spring for a series of events.