Mela and Doug Heestand of Freeport say they plan to renovate the property and increase marketing to attract more visitors to the campground and tours.
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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Boston man gets 17 years in prison for ‘brutal’ sex trafficking of addicted Maine women
Rashad Sabree, 38, drew the attention of top federal law enforcement officials including acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.
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Fire breaks out in Brunswick mobile home park
No one was injured, and the extent of damage to the home in Bay Bridge Estates was not known Wednesday night
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Leeds man accused of driving to endanger on the Maine Turnpike
State police say Alfred Bellanceau, 51, also stole from a convenience store, drove drunk and left the scene of an accident.
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Maine to get $613,000 in settlement with Uber over data breach
Each affected Uber driver in Maine will receive a $100 payment because the California-based company took a year to inform them that their personal information had been compromised.
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Stephen King’s demonic clown Pennywise will return in sequel
‘It: Chapter Two’ is set in the same Maine town 27 years after the original.
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Riverside Golf Course to offer improved Nordic skiing conditions
The city and a nonprofit join forces to acquire equipment that will lead to greatly improved grooming of cross-country ski trails at the city-owned golf course.
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Woman gets 2½ years in prison for drug trafficking in central Maine
Melina Snead, 25, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine between June 2015 and March 2017, the U.S. attorney says.
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Fire in Biddeford apartment building causes minor damage
The fire at 75 Saco Falls Way started in a basement dumpster, the Fire Department says.
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York County deputies justified in shooting armed Arundel man, AG’s office concludes
Sgt. Steven Thistlewood and Deputy Heath Mains killed 37-year-old Chad Dionne after he fired a gun at them during a domestic dispute call, the report says.