Xavier Botana speaks Monday at Casco Bay High School. On Tuesday, Teresa A. Lance will meet residents at King Middle School.
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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Movie scenes for ‘The Witch Files’ to be shot Monday at Miss Portland Diner
The film crew will begin setting up around 2:30 p.m. at the restaurant on Marginal Way and filming will last through the evening.
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Auburn man charged in Lewiston stabbing
The victim, a 22-year-old Lewiston man, suffered non-life threatening injuries, police say.
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Maine transportation officials to discuss Route 1 traffic plan’s impact on Wiscasset
The Department of Transportation’s preferred option includes acquiring a building and demolishing it for a 54-car parking lot.
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Narcan bill’s sponsor says she has enough House votes to override LePage veto
The bill, which passed with a veto-proof majority in the state Senate, would allow pharmacies to sell the anti-overdose drug without a prescription.
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Data recorder from El Faro found on sea floor, investigators say
Federal officials aim to retrieve the device and access information they hope will shed light on how the cargo ship sank in October, taking all 33 crew members with it, including five with Maine ties.
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Family of missing Maine Maritime student from Westbrook says he drowned
David Breunig’s parents say their son’s body was found Friday in the Penobscot River, and his mother says, ‘We can finally bring him home.’
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State seeks input on plan to replace Brunswick-Topsham Bridge
A public meeting is scheduled on the Maine Department of Transportation’s recommendation to replace, rather than rehabilitate, the 85-year-old Frank J. Wood Bridge.
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Fire damages newly purchased Yarmouth home as owners move in
No injuries were reported in the fire on Northwood Road, but the building suffered roughly $100,000 in damage.
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Fire in Gray destroys garage and 4 vehicles, shuts down Main Street
Traffic is detoured around the downtown while smoke gets into a nearby Cumberland Farms store.