The West School program now is located in a building with a leaky roof and a sunken foundation.
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 ambulance has to be towed from accident scene
No one is injured in the accident which is described as a fender bender
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Pedestrians won’t be able to use causeway connecting Mackworth Island to the mainland
Vehicles will still be able to use the causeway but it will be off limits to pedestrians and runners
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Teacher accused of sexual assault
Jessica Pomerleau, 36, is also charged with giving pot to her former student at Massabesic High School.
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Massabesic High School teacher arrested
Jessica Pomerleau, who taught special education, turns herself in to authorities Tuesday afternoon
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BIW worker injured when forklift tire explodes
The worker is listed in stable condition after undergoing surgery at Maine Medical Center today.
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Barber Foods streamlining, laying off 71
The company cites the relocation of some work to Oklahoma in its second staff reduction this year.
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Minor accident snarls southbound turnpike traffic
The rear-end crash forces holiday traffic to back up for miles
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Feature Obituary: Peter M. Zacharias, 68, dedicated, award-winning dairy farmer
One of Maine’s best-known dairy farmers died Friday on the land where he grew up and lived all his life. Peter M. Zacharias passed away at his home on Zacharias Farm in Falmouth. He was 68. He spent his entire life on the family farm, where he went on to raise and own a successful […]