Glenn Cummings says the ‘pop-up’ course was pulled as soon as he found out about it – hours before a group of demonstrators was to leave for Washington on a chartered bus.
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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Maine man, woman plead guilty to lying to federal firearms dealer
The pair, both from the Penobscot County town of Levant, face up to five years in prison.
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Mystery deepens as search teams find no sign of missing elementary school teacher
Kristin Westra, 47, of North Yarmouth, a teacher on Chebeague Island, was last seen when she went to bed at home Sunday night.
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Police seek public’s help in finding missing North Yarmouth woman
Kristin Westra, 47, was last seen Sunday night at the family’s home on Lufkin Road, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
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Man who murdered his mother in Falmouth dies at Maine State Prison
Andrew Leighton, 51, pleaded guilty in the 2013 shooting death of Shirley Leighton.
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Portland man has plan to convert cruise ship into homeless shelter
MemoryWorks director Kenneth Capron seeks a grant that would fund a feasibility study.
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Gelato Fiasco to move some production to Michigan
‘We just have been unable to keep up with production at our current facility,’ says the Brunswick-based company’s founder and CEO.
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Skydiving instructor in Lebanon presumed dead after jump accident
Police said the man did not have a backup parachute, and searchers had not found his body by Thursday night.
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Calls to sex assault crisis helplines spike during Kavanaugh hearing
The organization that operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline reports that its call volume was 147 percent above normal Thursday when Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Island off Freeport once owned by famed Arctic explorer has likely buyer
But the deal for Crab Island, once purchased by Adm. Robert Peary, hasn’t closed yet, the real estate broker says.