And that’s expected to continue until at least Friday – 48 degrees! – but some days will be rainy and foggy.
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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Press Herald’s ‘Lost’ series recognized at U.S. Senate hearing
An award-winning author praises the newspaper’s reporting during an exchange with Sen. Susan Collins at a hearing on the nation’s opioid crisis.
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Wiscasset woman, 41, charged with sex offenses against minors
Police say Sarah Riggens committed the crimes in a private home but they decline to reveal the number of victims or their ages.
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Etna man charged with manslaughter in fatal head-on
Richard Lupo II was being held on $50,000 cash bail after being arrested by Penobscot County deputies in connection with the crash in August.
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Peter Vigue steps down as CEO of Cianbro
His son, Andi, is named to succeed him as leader of the large Pittsfield construction company.
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Saco man killed in Mount Desert crash Sunday
The SUV he was driving slid on ice into oncoming traffic on Route 102, police say.
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Clammer still missing off Tenants Harbor
A Maine Marine Patrol plane scours Long Cove for nearly two hours Sunday without success in the search for Paul Benner, 33, who went missing during Thursday’s blizzard.
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‘Classic January thaw’ to break grip of bitter cold snap in southern Maine
After nearly two weeks of frigid spells separated by a blizzard, the region will get relief this week with temperatures warming to almost 50 degrees by Friday.
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Acton man arrested after complaints that he harassed his girlfriend’s tenants
Steven Spooner Sr., 52, told the couple their rent was increasing, threatened to evict them, and damaged their property, authorities say.
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Snow piles up and coastal towns get flooded as blizzard blasts Maine
The storm drops a foot or more of snow along the coast and causes shoreline flooding, but the area avoids major damage and power outages. Next up: An invasion of more bitter cold.