The retirement package is being offered to 270 workers, who are employed at Fairpoint’s call centers
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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Portland forges trail away from obesity
New exercise stations are part of the city’s two-year public health campaign.
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Bennett’s campaign announces he has enough signatures to get on June ballot
Rick Bennett says he has enough signatures to compete in the June Republican primary
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Several Maine schools stand out at national jazz festival
Cheverus and South Portland high schools perform well at the Berklee High School Jazz Festival
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Scott D’Amboise files required signatures for June GOP primary
Scott D’Amboise turns in more than 2,100 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office
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Portland man nominated for national award comes up short
Mark Swann, executive director of the Preble Street Resource Center, does not win an award
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Man hospitalized after stabbing on Veranda Street
Police are not sure yet what sparked the domestic-related assault.
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Lobster Shack loses matriarch
Ruth Leadbetter, who died Friday at 92, took pride in the Cape Elizabeth restaurant.
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Several Portland-area high schools advance to drama-festival finals
Westbrook, Freeport, Yarmouth, Windham and Catherine McAuley are among the schools heading to the state finals next weekend.
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Ice breaking operations on the Kennebec River set to begin
The operation to remove ice from the river will start Tuesday and is expected to last three days.