The museum outgrew its downtown location and hopes to occupy its new building in the spring of 2019, officials say.
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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Car slams into Third Alarm Diner in Sanford; patron seriously injured
The driver of the car is arrested and charged with driving without a license
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U.S. marshal warns Mainers of phone scam
Callers pretend to be officials in an effort to get victims to pay a ‘fine’ using a prepaid debit card.
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Social media critics give Portland a spelling lesson after ‘Tuedsay’ appears on new parking signs
The city agrees that ‘spelling matters’ and says it will fix the signs.
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Turnpike speed back to normal after slow going in snow Monday night
The speed limit was reduced to 45 mph along the entire length of the toll road for several hours, but was restored to normal by about 9:15 p.m.
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Three men charged with selling drugs from Brunswick mobile home park
Drug agents seized drugs, firearms and cash Tuesday from the home on Front Street.
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New Jersey man arrested on drug trafficking charge
Police say they found 72 grams of cocaine and 15 grams of heroin after stopping Irvin Philmore on the Maine Turnpike in York around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Terminally ill Saco boy, who says ‘live like a penguin,’ gets some special visitors
Jacob Thompson, who has been celebrating Christmas early, gets a rare gift when he spends an hour with his favorite animal courtesy of the Mystic Aquarium.
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Cold air, a bit of snow, strong wind gusts could cause more outages
A fast-moving cold front arrives in Maine on Thursday night, and Friday is likely to be frigid, forecasters say.
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Cause of Portland apartment building fire not yet determined
Thirteen residents of the Sherman Street building were temporarily displaced by Tuesday’s fire.