Several ships are either taking shelter in Portland Harbor or avoiding the Maine coast this week.
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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Award honors Portland high school math teacher as Maine’s best
Priya Natarajan, who teaches at Casco Bay High School, has won a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
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Spectrum outage cuts internet services in Portland area
The company said it was working Tuesday night to repair a damaged fiber-optic cable in Portland after thousands lost service.
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Maine astronaut Jessica Meir’s historic spacewalk rescheduled
The Caribou native is now scheduled to participate in the first all-female spacewalk on Thursday or Friday.
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Strong nor’easter bearing down on Maine
The storm will blow into Greater Portland on Wednesday night, packing high winds and dropping up to 1.5 inches of rain.
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Hollis man charged with trying to strangle a woman
Tyler Strout is facing a charge of felony assault as a result of Sunday’s alleged domestic violence incident.
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Last firefighter injured in Farmington blast released from hospital
Maine Medical Center in Portland says Scott Baxter was discharged Sunday.
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Authorities seek public’s help in locating missing Durham man
Bruce Lieberman is described as 6-feet tall and weighing around 260 pounds.
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Westbrook driver arrested after endangering lives of 2 children, police say
Kayla Libby’s motor vehicle was boxed in by bystanders until troopers arrived Sunday afternoon in Arundel, Maine State Police say.
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Cumberland County Jail loses track of work release inmate
Gilbert Prescott of Scarborough failed to return to the jail Saturday night from his job at a restaurant, authorities say.