The study also found that acidity is increasing in the Gulf of Maine faster than at other locations on the East Coast.
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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Inmate dies at Mountain View Correctional Facility
Aaron Chadbourne was serving time for arson.
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South Bristol man dies in crash
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 64-year-old Kenneth D. Chasse.
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Maine poet and author Richard Blanco receives a National Humanities Medal
Blanco and others were honored by President Biden during a ceremony at the White House.
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Police search for woman who triggered Amber Alert on Sunday night
Authorities found the woman’s 11-year-old child unharmed, but there is an arrest warrant for her mother.
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Special election scheduled to fill House seat vacated by lawmaker’s resignation
The election became necessary after former State Rep. Clinton Collamore resigned last month following his indictment on multiple charges.
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Man shot Sunday afternoon in Boothbay Harbor
The victim was taken by Lifeflight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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Sen. Angus King leading effort to form China Strategy Commission
The Commission would address the security, diplomatic and economic challenges posed by China.
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Man dies in house fire on Verona Island
Terrance Leach, 68, died in the fire at a friend’s house a day after his own home burned down after he was smoking while using an oxygen tank.
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Wardens make rescue during height of Tuesday nor’easter
Maine game wardens and a group of Passamaquoddy game warden trainees led a family stranded on Moosehead Lake to safety.