The zoning change would allow the 45-unit Bayside Anchor development to be built.
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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Robotics teams from four Maine high schools head to world championships
Students from South Portland and Bonny Eagle will travel together by bus to the St. Louis competition.
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Maine approves bill to hold OUI offenders more accountable
The measure allows prosecutors to consider a driver’s lifetime felony offenses, rather than being limited to looking back 10 years.
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One civilian, one firefighter injured in Sanford apartment fire
The State Fire Marshal’s Office was notified and is investigating the cause of the blaze at 87 High St.
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Is landmark Portland whale mural endangered?
A fading but well-liked fixture on the Maine State Pier since 1993, the so-called Whaling Wall stands in the way of a new commercial venture.
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Mainer’s tax refund seized to pay decades-old debt
The government says it has halted a program to collect old debts, some of them owed by deceased relatives of those whose refunds have been seized, according to a report.
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Maine convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine loses bid for new trial
A retired Superior Court judge rules DNA evidence is insufficient to implicate an alternate suspect.
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Hearse crashes, flips on I-95 in Maine after driver falls asleep
The driver is taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.
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Portland’s Hall School added to list for new building
The elementary school is one of six schools added to the state’s guaranteed fund list to renovate or rebuild facilities.
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Maine marriage fraud conspiracy concludes with Kenyan’s sentencing
A foreign national is sentenced to a year in prison in a conspiracy that involved 13 Mainers.