Hadlock Field, Riverside Golf Course and 5 athletic field will be the only exempt properties when the ordinance takes effect July 1.
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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Strimling gives up bid to chair Finance Committee; council approves slate of panel assignments
The mayor will serve on the finance panel and chair the Rules and Reports Committee, he said late Wednesday.
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Maine-born and bred, collaborative artist Tim Rollins dies at 62
The Pittsfield native achieved international claim but remembered his roots.
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North Carolina man arrested in connection with fatal shooting in Millinocket
Police are searching for a second suspect in the home invasion last week that left Wayne Lapierre dead and wounded his wife, Diem Lapierre.
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Even for the hardy, Maine’s 7-day forecast offers a chilly challenge
Highs may not break 20 degrees for the next week, but for workers whose jobs keep them outdoors, the frigid temps are no sweat.
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Crash shuts down section of Route 302 in Windham
Few details about the accident were available, and police couldn’t say when the section of road between Varney Mill Road and the Gray Road rotary would reopen.
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Seven vehicles damaged in pileup on I-295 in Freeport
No one was seriously injured, but southbound traffic was snarled for 90 minutes, Maine State Police say.
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Standoff in Westbrook ends when domestic assault suspect surrenders
Brandon Conley surrenders at the police station 4 hours after police evacuated an apartment building and several surrounding homes on Lamb Street.
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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens sues Boothbay
The nonprofit says its due process rights were violated when the town appeals board revoked a permit for a major expansion.
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Batch of storms likely to dampen holiday weekend travel, shopping
Today’s snowstorm is expected to be followed by freezing rain Saturday and possibly more snow Monday.