Kari Morissette, executive director of the Church of Safe Injection, died last month at 33. She was a powerhouse advocate for those who use drugs and helping others in need gave her purpose.
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
Dump truck crashes in Gray, spills diesel near well
The driver suffered minor injuries but the truck owned by J.F. Hutchinson Co. sustained major damage.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Feature Obituary, Local & State, Religion and Values
‘Larger than life’ playwright and pastor David Butler dies at 70
A minister in Gorham and more recently Woolwich, Butler wrote a play about hospice care that Mad Horse Theatre Company staged in the winter, after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
After an untraditional 4 years, Portland High School grads still get pomp and circumstance
They reveled in graduation day and in all they’d gone through, with the pandemic, to get there. In all, 462 students will graduate from Portland’s public high schools this week.
Posted inLocal & State
At a Biddeford cemetery, children plant flags, learn about sacrifice ahead of Memorial Day
Fourth- and fifth-graders from local schools gathered Thursday in St. Joseph’s Cemetery to help place flags on more than 2,000 veterans’ graves.
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Savoring the sweet spot before the summer tourist season
Moan if you will, like it or not, we all know that the arrival of tourists is necessary for Maine. But now’s the time to hit those downtown hot spots and those favorite seasonal places before they get too crowded to visit.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Three people shot, including a young child, in Wells
One person is in custody, and Maine State Police are investigating the incident, which occurred Saturday afternoon in the York County town.
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Catholic bishop criticizes bill that would have guaranteed abortion access
The Senate blocked the bill, called the Women’s Health Protection Act, in a nearly party-line vote last week.
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Inmate dies 4 months after alleged assault at Windham prison
Earlier this year, investigators told Renaldo Jones’ family that he had been attacked by his cellmate, but state officials have refused to answer questions about the circumstances of his death.
Posted inLocal & State, News
To help those in crisis, new center in Portland turns to people who’ve faced one
Only half the staff at Living Room Crisis Center are clinicians, like nurses. The rest are peer support specialists, whose life experiences are their credentials.