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.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Local & State

Knott’s Harbor, Maine, is Emily Henry’s ‘Happy Place.’ Do you recognize it?

by Megan Gray September 7, 2023September 9, 2023

How authors go about creating fictional Maine towns, like the one from Henry’s recent bestselling romance novel.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

‘Happy Place’ locales that might look familiar, if you’ve been to this Midcoast town

by Megan Gray September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Author Emily Henry hasn’t talked about where she vacations in Maine, but a Sherman’s bookseller has a theory.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Maine theaters put lots of laughs in their lineups this season

by Megan Gray September 4, 2023September 7, 2023

Portland Stage will debut a new play by Maine writer Monica Wood. Plus, romantic comedies and sharp satires will be on stages around the area.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, Schools and Education

Colby College finding purpose for Midcoast islands once home to the Wyeths

by Megan Gray September 3, 2023September 7, 2023

The Waterville college is working to expand its programming on Allen and Benner islands, which have hosted resident student fellows and other visitors since Colby purchased them last year.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, Schools and Education

A new sculpture winds through College of the Atlantic

by Megan Gray September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

The installation by British artist Andy Goldsworthy comprises 250 curbstones that form a 1,000-foot path from the entrance of the Bar Harbor campus to Frenchman Bay.

Do This, Food

Eat & Run: Royale Kitchen serves up the right kind of mess

by Megan Gray August 28, 2023August 24, 2023

The food trailer serves breakfast and lunch next to The Clam Bar on West Commercial Street.

Local & State, News, Politics

Auction will include 1941 Plymouth owned by Margaret Chase Smith

by Megan Gray August 26, 2023August 25, 2023

The late U.S. senator’s car will be auctioned Sunday with a starting bid of $7,500, but Thomaston Place Auction Galleries estimates it will sell for at least twice that amount.