The Coast Guard warns it still will enforce federal laws against pot.
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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UMaine, Bigelow Lab win grants to aid oyster fishery
A joint study with funding from the National Science Foundation will examine a parasite that infects oysters.
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Postal service plans changes at Scarborough Distribution Center
Postal workers contend that moving a sorting machine to New Hampshire will slow deliveries and lead to service reductions in southern Maine.
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Halsey Frank nominated to be top federal prosecutor in Maine
If confirmed, he’d fill the vacancy left by departure of former U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II, one of the U.S. attorneys fired by President Trump.
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Toddler wounded in accidental shooting in Penobscot County
Police are investigating the incident in Winn while the 20-month-old girl recovers from a wound that is not life-threatening.
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SUV crashes into historic, 28-ton Fryeburg monument, knocking it clockwise
The impact damaged the granite John Stevens Monument, and the driver has been charged with drunken driving, police say.
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Cianbro gets Navy contract for work at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The $23 million project will make improvements to a dry dock at the Kittery installation.
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Portland councilors hear from 10 groups vying for Bayside parcels
They also hear from members of the public, who urge them to pick proposals that support affordable housing on city-owned land.
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Kennebunk man sentenced to 2½ years for illegally possessing firearms
Justin Riggall, 37, was prohibited from having guns because of a 2012 domestic violence conviction in Maine.
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Bangor woman arrested after car chase through Scarborough, South Portland
Crystal Wells, 35, faces several charges after being stopped for a seat belt violation, police say.