The District Advisory Building Committee will meet at school district offices on Cumberland Avenue to discuss options for renovating four elementary schools in the face of rising construction costs.
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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Westbrook man pleads guilty to distributing images of minors engaged in sex acts
Tyler Garnett, 22, faces a sentence of no less than 5 years and up to 20 years in prison.
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News Center Maine television studio evacuated because of reported gas leak
The Portland Fire Department investigates a report of a gas leak in the building at High and Congress streets in downtown Portland.
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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religious and philosophical exemptions argue that science supports their position while those who want to see the law repealed say it infringes on parental rights.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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Malfunction causes brief partial closure of Casco Bay Bridge
Motorists traveling from Portland to South Portland had to be redirected for about 90 minutes.
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Warden Service identifies woman killed in Rangeley snowmobile crash
Heather Valentine, 41, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, died when her snowmobile crashed Friday morning on Bald Mountain Camps Trail.
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Ashland man accused of locking couple inside home
Brandon Saucier faces charges of criminal restraint and terrorizing in connection with incidents that took place in the Aroostook County town of Masardis.
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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.