No one was injured by the blaze, but the family was forced to temporarily relocate.
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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Yarmouth teen among 15 recognized by Jill Biden for work to improve their communities
Leela Marie Hidier, 18, is a climate social justice advocate and author of an award-winning debut novel, ‘Changes in the Weather.’
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A town hall, a theater and a bowling alley among Maine Preservation’s ‘most endangered’ places
See the 7 landmarks that landed on the Yarmouth nonprofit’s list this year.
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Curious about graphic novels? Let the Portland Public Library introduce you
Four artists, including two from Maine, explore the question of what comics mean to them in the latest show at the downtown branch’s Lewis Gallery.
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In ‘Naughty Bits,’ Sara Juli goes where she hasn’t before
Juli explores sexual trauma with a performance that mixes dance, singing, comedy and monologue
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Tiny art galleries add a little color to these communities
Mainers have joined in the Free Little Art Gallery movement. Here’s a look at a few of these mini neighborhood exhibition spaces.
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For most, landing a spot on Portland-themed Monopoly board cost real money
Here’s how some attractions and businesses in – and outside – the city ended up with a square in the new local edition of the game.
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Portland’s Historic Preservation Board unlikely to back plan to raze former children’s museum
Ultimately, the City Council will decide whether to remove a historic designation that protects the building from being demolished as part of the Portland Museum of Art’s expansion plan.
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Novel based on Malaga Island’s history is a finalist for National Book Award
‘This Other Eden’ by Paul Harding tells a fictional story based on the real-life atrocity of the state forcibly removing a mixed-race community from the island off the coast of Phippsburg.
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Wyeth paintings destroyed in Port Clyde fire depicted life in New England, Pennsylvania
A pizza-eating seagull and oxen crossing a snowy field were among the subjects of works by Jamie and N.C. Wyeth that burned in the blaze.