Pious Ali says he’ll run for an at-large seat in Portland, setting up a potential battle with friend Jon Hinck, who may not vacate the seat after all.
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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Boothbay collision sends SUV driver, 3 children on bus to hospital
Police say the SUV crossed the center line and hit the bus head-on, but have not yet explained why.
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About 100 turn out to hear about Portland’s Woodfords Corner project
Details are not yet final, but plans call for adding travel lanes and a bicycle lane, a public plaza, new crosswalks and a street lamp sculpture by local artist Aaron Stephan.
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Hackers target Maine school systems for employee W-2s
Brunswick sent W-2s minus Social Security numbers to the scammers.
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Family of missing Alfred woman ‘extremely concerned’
Judith Therianos, who went to Florida this month, hasn’t been heard from in two weeks.
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Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Androscoggin County commissioners
A dozen communities sued, claiming the commissioners improperly set their own salaries and approved their own budget in 2014.
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Transportation provider covering Maine’s midcoast to shut down in April
Coastal Trans Inc., which serves low-income, elderly and disabled riders, says it took a financial hit in 2013, when the Maine Department of Health and Human Services started hiring ride brokers.
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Traffic stop leads to arrests, drug charges in Biddeford
Three people are charged with aggravated drug trafficking.
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Portland to ban weekday parking in part of historic Evergreen Cemetery
The action is taken in response to complaints about parking along the entrance road by University of New England students.
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Poliquin argues against North Woods national monument designation by Obama
Maine’s 2nd District congressman met with a White House official Monday in Washington, his office says.