Valerie Stanfill has most recently served as a Superior Court justice for Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties.
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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U.S. Coast Guard responds to fishing vessel disabled off Maine coast
The Boston-based Padre Pio, a 65-foot-long dragger, reported engine trouble Saturday evening 50 miles southeast of Vinalhaven and will be towed to Rockland.
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Maine abandons fight for law to require à la carte cable TV service
In February, a federal appeals court sided with the cable companies, which had argued that Maine’s law was unconstitutional.
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Kennebec County settles excessive force lawsuit against jail guard
The county’s insurer paid $30,000 to settle the complaint by an inmate who was pepper-sprayed in 2019.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Mills administration officials oppose bill to decriminalize drug possession
But people in recovery, medical providers, faith groups, legislators and advocates overwhelmingly support the proposal to make drug possession only a civil violation.
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Maine lawmakers could limit or eliminate legal protection for law enforcement
The Legislature heard opposing arguments Thursday on bills to change qualified immunity, a legal standard that protects police officers from lawsuits.
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Maine should strictly enforce gun prohibitions to prevent domestic violence deaths, report says
The latest report of a state panel that monitors domestic abuse homicides focuses attention on efforts to keep firearms out of the hands of abusers.
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Jails struggle to get vaccines for people in custody
With multiple outbreaks in Maine jails and vaccine supplies trickling in from the state, some jails are seeking doses from health care providers in their communities.
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Lawsuit could settle debate over who owns Maine beaches between low- and high-tide lines
The state’s top court has said beachfront owners own all the way to the low-tide mark. A lawsuit filed Thursday challenges that precedent.
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Mainers’ lawsuit will challenge 30-year-old legal standard for public access to private beaches
The case revives the fight that resulted in 2 rulings in the 1980s, when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court found that beachfront property owners own all the way to the low tide line.