The town and a citizens group oppose the authority’s plan to build a $40 million toll plaza 1½ miles north of the existing one.
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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Hedgehogs, hunting wear and a host of peculiar bills in the Maine Legislature
Those are just some of the more unusual legislative requests that will be considered this year.
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Portland police seek public’s help in solving 2010 cold case homicide
A Portland woman was shot in her Rackleff Street home by a masked intruder and died more than a month later.
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Susan Collins and others criticize Republican plan to defund Planned Parenthood
The effort to withdraw an estimated $400 million from the agency would restrict women's access to health care, they say.
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K. Horton Specialty Foods, a fixture of the Public Market House in Portland, will close
The cheese and food specialty shop, which has been in business for 18 years, is running a cash-only clearance sale.
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A Bath-built schooner is coming home for good, 110 years later
The two-masted Mary E was built in 1906 and is going to the Maine Maritime Museum to complete an ongoing restoration for public exhibit.
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First major winter storm hits Maine with heavy snow, rain, high winds
While snowfall totals went over a foot in some places late Thursday night, thousands of customers were without power.
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Storm to bring heavy snow inland, mostly rain on coast
The nor’easter arriving around noon Thursday will include high winds that are expected to last into Friday and will probably cause power outages.
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Proponents of York County casino submit petitions calling for 2017 vote
The group is making a second attempt to put the issue before voters, this time aiming for the November election.
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Maine interstate signs tell speeders: Santa sees you
The Department of Transportation turns to humor as one possible way to make busy I-295 a little safer.