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Megan Gray Staff Writer

Megan Gray covers the city of Westbrook, as well as general news stories. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has previously worked as a reporter at the South Bend Tribune in Indiana, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette in Pennsylvania and the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire. She likes long runs, hikes in the White Mountains, Notre Dame college football and news tips from readers.

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Published
May 15, 2019

Long fight over access to Kennebunkport beach goes back before high court

The Supreme Judicial Court already has issued 2 rulings in the legal battle between the town and oceanfront property owners on Goose Rocks Beach that began nearly 10 years ago.
Published
May 14, 2019

Crowd protests suspect’s release on bail in Portland murder case

Mark Cardilli Jr. has pleaded not guilty in the March 16 shooting death of Isahak Muse at Cardilli’s home.
Published
May 13, 2019

Maine joins multistate lawsuit accusing drug makers of price-rigging

More than 40 states have signed onto the lawsuit, which claims manufacturers of generic drugs have conspired to inflate and manipulate prices.
Published
May 13, 2019

Family reports Munjoy Hill woman is missing

Cathy Pride, 63, was last seen in mid-April.
Published
May 10, 2019

Bowdoinham teen accused of killing his grandmother will be tried as an adult

The defense team described Dominic Sylvester as a victim of an abusive upbringing, while the prosecutor told the court he is an aggressor and a danger to the public.
Published
May 7, 2019

Man charged with murder in death of Deering grad is granted release on bail

Mark Cardilli Jr. has pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of Isahak Muse and will be free on $50,000 cash bail while the case proceeds.
Published
May 5, 2019

Dog or coyote bit family on Lisbon walking path, police say

A man, woman and their 11-year-old daughter were treated for their wounds at a Lewiston hospital.
Published
May 3, 2019

Federal, state investigators charge 25 people in Down East drug trafficking case

Authorities say the defendants, from Maine and New York, distributed crack, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from New York City in Washington and Hancock counties.
Published
May 2, 2019

Community grieves for Rumford boy, 6, killed in school bus collision

So far, there is no indication that the driver of the school bus, a 51-year-old Dixfield man, was at fault in the crash, police said.
Published
April 30, 2019

Police clear Baxter Academy of threat

The charter school in Portland alerted police to a threat, but a search with an explosives detection dog found no suspicious items.