The 114-year-old Richville Chapel is destroyed along with pews from the late 1800s.
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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NCAA penalizes UNE for violating financial aid rules
NCAA officials reprimand the Division III school for using scholarship funds to entice hockey players.
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University of New England penalized by the NCAA
The NCAA’s Division III Committee on Infractions completes its investigation into financial aid violations and cites the university for failing to monitor its financial aid process
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Governor holds off on issuing of bonds
About $40 million approved by legislators and voters in 2009 can’t be spent without his OK.
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LePage refuses to issue $40 million in voter-approved bonds
Gov. Paul LePage declines to sign off on the issuance of bonds that were authorized by voters in 2010, saying it would be fiscally irresponsible.
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Feature Obituary: Corinne ‘Coky’ Wills, 78, spent life caring for community
She established a dental health program in the 1970s that today benefits students who attend the Gray-New Gloucester school system. She also made sure that residents of her community who were in need received gifts and food during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season. And in one of her most generous acts, she accompanied an […]
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Sanford selects Spartans as mascot
The school joins several others in replacing a name considered derogatory by some American Indians.
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Motorcyclist in critical condition following South Portland crash
It takes police hours to identify the man, who witnesses said was driving dangerously before he crashed
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Sanford schools have a new mascot name
Redskins are out and Spartans are in as the new name for Sanford athletic teams
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Portland Police add armored vehicle to its force
The Bearcat will replace a 1981 surplus personnel carrier