Peter Rogers was sworn in Tuesday as the director of the agency responsible for coordinating responses to natural disasters and emergency situations.
Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Herald’s Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When he’s not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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Bangor man killed in snowmobile crash
Andrew Purdue, 42, slid through a trail intersection in Piscataquis County and hit several trees, authorities say.
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Maine CDC getting more requests for coronavirus tests
A spokesman says there are still no confirmed cases of the illness in Maine after some test results came back from the U.S. CDC.
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CMP private investigator tailed anti-corridor petitioners
Opponents of a proposed transmission line accuse a PAC funded by the utility of conducting an ‘outrageous intimidation campaign,’ but Clean Energy Matters contends that petition-drive workers violated state law.
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High turnout leads to shortage of Democratic primary ballots at some polling places
Tuesday marked the first time in 20 years that Mainers used a primary system to express their presidential preference, and in some polling places voters had to use photocopied ballots, which must be hand-counted and will delay the election results.
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Student charged with making bomb threat at Lake Region High School
The 15-year-old is charged with terrorizing after school officials are forced to evacuate the school.
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Opponents of new vaccine law take on supporters during televised debate
Supporters of the new law to eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions argue that science supports their position while those who want to see the law repealed say it infringes on parental rights.
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Wiscasset man dies when snowmobile crashes on Moosehead Lake
The victim is identified as Gregory Lemar, 59.
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Andrew Wyeth’s ‘Christina’s World’ back on view at Museum of Modern Art
The New York City museum is not saying why the painting, known for conveying the hardscrabble life of people in rural Maine, was removed from public view or why it has now has been restored to a gallery on the fifth floor.
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Portland man arrested in connection with weekend stabbing in Old Orchard Beach
Akram Ibrahim has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.