The University of New England cancels classes as Maine expects up to a foot of snow.
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.
Snowe leaves a legacy of independence
Maine’s second female U.S. senator is compared to the first, Margaret Chase Smith.
Teenager killed in Surry collision
Derrick Robbins was operating his dirt bike without its lights on when the crash took place
Maine native gets another promotion
Jeanne Hulit is moving up again, this time to the position of associate administrator for the Office of Capital Access.
Water main break forces police to close Westbrook street
The water main break is confined to Sappi Fine Paper company’s property
Feature Obituary: Crystal Gomes, 28, Thornton graduate, worked in Hollywood
Crystal Gomes designed costumes for opera productions, wrote plays, acted in movies and had recently moved to LA to work on the new Batman movie.
Fire destroys Wiscasset business
Firefighters are forced to remove metal siding so that they can douse hot spots inside the building.
Selectmen may review Poliquin case
Georgetown selectmen say they’ll consider looking into allegations that Maine’s state treasurer has been abusing the Tree Growth Tax Program to lower his property taxes.
Georgetown promises to look at state treasurer’s use of tree growth tax law
Town selectmen indicate they would be interested in taking a closer look at all 10 properties that are under tree growth
Husson University wants to build Portland campus
The campus would be located on a 7-acre parcel on outer Congress Street, near the Portland International Jetport.