A new one is taking shape on the Presumpscot River, almost exactly a year to the date after the first one formed.
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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Fast-moving storm drops half a foot of snow over most of Maine
It barreled into the state Saturday night before slipping out during the early morning hours on Sunday.
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Regulators may investigate whether CMP issued improper disconnection notices
State law prohibits electric utilities from disconnecting customers’ power during winter months without the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s approval.
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Group fighting to retain vaccination law tops $58,000 in donations
The group opposes Question 1, which would overturn Maine’s new law eliminating certain exemptions to childhood vaccination requirements.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police charge Standish couple with operating meth lab
Authorities say Jeffrey Makela and Nicole Makela were manufacturing the drug on the property where they lived with their 4 children – a 3-week-old baby, a 15-month-old boy and girls 10 and 12.
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Coffee by Design settles trademark infringement lawsuit
The defendants agree to a court order that will require them to stop using CBD as their trademark.
Posted inMaine, News
Tractor-trailer swipes school bus in Limington
None of the students on the School School Administrative District 6 bus were injured.
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Cornish man seriously injured in Limington crash
A car driven by Shawn Harmon, 29, left the road and struck a large pine tree, the York County Sheriff’s Office says.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Gray man charged with making several false public reports to authorities
The most recent hoax involved a 911 call that said a snowmobile crashed through the ice on Crystal Lake, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says.
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Maine’s members of Congress concerned for safety of U.S. troops in Iraq
Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, and Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree also express hope that the president will use the apparent limited nature of Iran’s strike to de-escalate tensions in the region.