Casco Bay Lines says its replacement for the aged Island Romance is a passenger pleaser.
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.
Traffic light out at busy Scarborough intersection
Volunteers are directing traffic at routes 114 and 22 after the signal was damaged when power lines fell on it.
Windham man attacks father, paramedic, nurse
The father called police just before noon to report that he had been attacked by his adult son, police say.
Mainer dies in I-95 crash
Police don’t yet know what led to the rollover crash.
Jet’s warning of landing gear problem in Portland is false alarm
The US Airways flight from Philadelphia lands without incident.
Idling cars cause gas odor at Portland apartment building, fire department says
Crews clear the fumes at 100 State Street in about 20 minutes.
Mainer killed during random act of road rage, police say
Officials appeal for help in finding a pickup driver who pursued a young Poland man and shot him in Pennsylvania.
Storm brings extreme winds, bitter cold to Maine
And it’s only going to get worse as Maine endures a storm that combines close to a foot of snow, whipping winds and the harshest deep freeze in decades.
Portland’s citywide parking ban is getting a new twist
City officials announced Monday that the test project will take effect Wednesday, New Year’s Day.
Vintage sports cars destroyed in Maine fire
A man was reportedly welding a frame on one of the cars when the fire broke out.