Recreational users of Portland’s East End launch say commercial use is not compatible.
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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School board postpones action on Reiche’s ‘teacher-led’ plan
A group of teachers and parents has proposed that a team of teachers could fill the vacant principal’s position.
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‘Swarm’ of earthquakes recorded along Maine coast
About 30 small earthquakes, which have measured less than 2 on the Richter scale, have been recorded since April 30.
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Armory gets new role as movie studio
South Portland will lease the vacant building to be developed as the state’s first sound stage.
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Feature Obituary: Thomas Laprade, 44, respected attorney, beloved, loving father
Thomas Victor Laprade was a prominent Portland attorney who took on a broad range of complicated cases, from medical malpractice suits to the well-publicized brain harvesting case. Though being a partner in a Portland law firm was a big part of his life, nothing overshadowed the love and devotion he had for his four young […]
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Crash closes turnpike in York
A driver swerves to avoid hitting a mattress in the road, triggering a multiple vehicle crash.
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Police subdue man with Taser in strip club
Police say the Portland man threatened employees and resisted arrest.
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REMEMBERING KRISTA
A crowd estimated at more than 1,000 people pay tribute to Krista Dittmeyer, the Portland woman whose body was recovered Wednesday from a pond in North Conway, N.H.
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Elderly man in Lebanon shot, suffers life-threatening injuries
An 80-year-old man suffers a gunshot wound, which may have been accidentally self-inflicted.
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Dukakis pushes healthcare for all
The former Bay State governor and son of an immigrant doctor speaks at UNE’s Portland campus.