Shenna Bellows’ revision came after courts took issue with the use of the term ‘quasi-governmental’ in the original wording of the referendum question.
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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Well-known physician dies following crash on Maine Turnpike in Falmouth
Thomas Bosma of Falmouth, a doctor at Central Maine Family Practice in Lewiston, was on his way to work when his pickup truck rolled over on Wednesday morning, police said.
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Woman killed in Bayside in November was strangled, police affidavit says
Bethany Kelley’s body was found on Nov. 18. A 45-year-old man seen with her on the night she died is charged with killing her.
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Fire at Route 1 paint store is quickly contained
The fire at Yarmouth Marketplace was contained to one building
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Casco man accused of stealing vehicle full of gravestones from funeral home
Hall Funeral Home of Casco said the truck containing cemetery monuments was apparently stolen between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
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Body recovered from Presumpscot River in Falmouth
Falmouth police said the body was badly decomposed.
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Derailed train in northern Maine was carrying flammable chemicals
The hazardous materials did not spill or catch fire, the railroad said, but one of them is classified as highly flammable by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Fire destroys one of several buildings at oceanfront resort in Ogunquit
When firefighters arrived, a building on the campus of Terrace by the Sea on Wharf Lane was fully engulfed in flames.
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Maine CDC issues reminder about health threat posed by browntail moths
Mainers are urged to minimize exposure to the insect’s toxic hairs while doing yard work by covering up with a respirator and goggles and working when it’s damp.
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Route 25 in Limington reopened after truck rollover cleared
State police closed the road in York County for several hours after a tractor-trailer hit a guardrail and spilled its load of firewood onto the road.