The work will begin Wednesday night and continue into the Fall months.
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.
Portland commuters encouraged to bike to work Friday
Bikers will be eligible to receive refreshments and prizes from the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
Maine skiffs to be launched with hope but no prayer
Challenged by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Bristol Elementary School students change a tradition.
School budgets: Cape ‘yes,’ Scarborough ‘no’
Scarborough now has 10 days to revise its school budget and schedule another referendum.
Monsanto’s lawsuit win poses issues for Mainers
Farmers fear the company could sue for infringement of patents if its engineered seeds somehow spread to their fields.
Maine man arrested after standoff in Jefferson
John Burbank also allegedly tried to intimidate a road construction crew with a handgun.
Parishioners gather signatures to stop Portland church’s sale
They plan to present a letter to Bishop Malone, asking him to reverse his decision on St. Patrick.
Man killed in York County motorcycle crash
Shawn Smith, 41, of Cornish is identified by police as the victim.
Westbrook police dog credited with saving woman’s life
Roxie tracks the woman into a wooded area and interrupts a suicide attempt.
Windham’s first-ever canine officer dies
Max “touched many lives, saved souls, found the lost.”