One person is confirmed dead but no other details are available at this time
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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Natural gas company seeking significant rate increase
The Public Utilities Commission will hold a public hearing on the rate increase Wednesday night at the University of Southern Maine
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City firefighters can find no evidence of carbon monoxide in Federal Street building
Two men exhibit symptoms associated with carbon monoxide poisoning but firefighters can find no trace of the odorless gas
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Everyone has their power back on
A small cluster of homes in Lebanon, Berwick and Shapleigh are the last customers to have their power restored
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Shelter director: ‘Someone could die tonight’
People displaced from India Street have to make their way to the Preble Street Resource Center.
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About 3,000 still without power
CMP expects power to be restored to all customers by noon Tuesday.
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Milestone Shelter moves its emergency beds to a new location
Milestone’s executive director says someone could die tonight
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City, charter boat operators meet to discuss groundings
Portland’s harbor officials collect input on accident prevention and improving seamanship skills.
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Greg Mitchell appointed to planning post in Portland
Mitchell will serve the city in two capacities while Portland searches for a replacement for its former director of planning and urban development