The USDA threatens to cut off administrative funding unless the state makes it clear to users that their photos aren’t mandatory.
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 Harbor Shipyard wins $6 million contract to restore historic schooner
The Ernestina, built in 1894, is the oldest surviving Grand Banks fishing schooner.
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Posted inCops & Courts, News
Old Orchard Beach man gets nine years for robbing pharmacy
Billy Schildroth pleaded guilty to robbing a Rite Aid pharmacy in Old Orchard Beach in February.
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Disputed recount sends Senate District 25 race to Maine Senate
Republican Cathleen Manchester was the winner in Tuesday’s recount, but with nine ballots in dispute and seven missing, Democrat Catherine Breen challenged the results.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Saco man in murder-suicide had been treated for anxiety and depression
Joel Smith had stopped taking his medication several months before he shot his wife, three children and himself.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Crews contain fire at lakefront home in Casco
The attic is damaged after a fire starts in the vicinity of the chimney and woodstove.
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Portland woman identified as victim in fatal crash
Police say Karla Kenniston, 64, was a passenger in one of two SUVs that collided Saturday on Route 2 in Enfield.
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Armed man robs Subway store in Cornish
Sheriff’s deputies and Maine State Police are unable to find the suspect after the robbery in the Cornish Shopping Center.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education
USM to combine 15 departments into new Student Services Division
The reorganization should help the university keep students and cut costs, officials say.
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Two top-level managers gone from Maine DHHS posts
A spokesman says the directors of the Office of Substance Abuse and the Office of Child and Family Services are ‘no longer with the department.’