The winner, who will be chosen by the end of August, will create a conceptual design for the project that could be ready by spring.
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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Navy ship will try to retrieve data recorder from El Faro
The recovery operation will be closely watched here in Maine because several crew members had close ties to the state.
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South Portland student who got grief for wearing Trump hat appears front and center at rally
The Maine Republican Party and the Trump campaign arrange for Connor Mullen to sit on stage just feet from the Republican nominee during his speech Thursday.
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Search resumes for Hollis Center man presumed dead after fall from pontoon boat on Long Lake
The Maine Warden Service says the man, 19, was riding in the front of a boat rented by his family and a family from Texas.
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Norwegian tourist charged in death threats against Portland police
Espen Brungodt, 28, is arrested at a Portland hotel, unarmed, after emails and tweets discuss shooting officers from a parking garage. Brungodt’s father says his son has a form of autism.
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Massachusetts men charged with stealing from ATMs in Berwick
Police say David Barker and Efrain Montero used power tools and disabled the alarm system at Northeast Credit Union’s ATM kiosk in June.
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Maine’s highest court asked to reconsider Harpswell beach access ruling
A nonprofit group hopes to reverse last month’s decision that a property owner has the right to block public access to Cedar Beach.
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Portland council asked to conduct inquiry into police conduct at protest
Councilors are told that officers used excessive force during the protest in the Old Port on July 15.
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Maine’s Sanders delegates not all warming to Clinton candidacy
Some say they will support the first woman to win a major party nomination, but others plan to continue her rival’s political movement.
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Maine Rep. Russell takes turn at center stage of Democratic convention
The Portland legislator promotes party unity, talks about reducing the role of superdelegates and takes a jab at Gov. Paul LePage.