The city’s aging schools have improvement plans, but parents need to weigh in, officials say.
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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Woman suffers serious injuries in Lebanon accident
A commercial truck rear-ends an SUV turning left on Carl Broggi Highway.
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Infant hurled from car in Raymond crash
The driver of the other vehicle finds the infant in a snow-covered wooded area near the crash scene.
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Maine man sentenced to three years in prison for threatening President
Leroy Eugene Dunn will pay a heavy price for threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
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Knox County told it may face a suit over fatal plane crash
The estate of one victim gives notice within 180 days, meeting the legal requirement for suing.
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Community voices grief over Biddeford slayings
More than 200 people turned out on New Year’s Eve for a candlelight vigil to remember the two young victims of Saturday night’s shootings.
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Westbrook and three towns respond to house fire
The fire breaks out around 9:45 p.m. and forces police to shut down Brook Road.
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Homer exhibit breaks attendance record
More than 25,700 people visited the Portland Museum of Art’s exhibit during December.
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State police will be out in force on New Year’s Eve
The increased police presence will more likely result in roving patrols than roadblocks.
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Portland gunman says he wasn’t making statement
The Portland man who openly carried an assault rifle in the city on Christmas Eve steps forward to explain his actions.