It plans a walk-in clinic and medical offices in Brunswick’s new retail and transportation center.
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 police defuse suicide attempt at Tamarlane development
PORTLAND — A man who was threatening suicide forced Portland police to shut down a section of Washington Avenue as well as entry to a nearby residential development during rush hour tonight. Lt. Michael Jones said the 48-year-old man, who lives in Tamarlane, told a friend during a cell phone conversation that he was contemplating killing […]
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Leeds man charged with extortion over pickup, drugs
Todd Jean wanted $10,000 to keep an alleged drug operation secret, police say.
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Two drivers arrested during license checkpoint in Gray
GRAY — Two drivers were arrested tonight during a license checkpoint that was set up on Route 100 in Gray by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department. Chief Deputy Kevin J. Joyce said that between 5 and 9 p.m. more than 200 motorists were stopped to verify that their licenses had not been suspended or revoked. Wayne […]
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Gift of $1 million salutes, helps Maine veterans
Cape Elizabeth’s Anna and Tibor Doby, who fled war in Hungary, knew how it can affect survivors.
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Former cannery site in Bath put on the market
Bruce Poliquin, a former candidate for governor, lists the Stinson Seafood property for $2.5 million.
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Soldier with Maine ties, 21, dies in Afghanistan
The Defense Department says Army Pfc. Clinton E. Springer II was killed in a non-combat incident.
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Fans energized by Clinton’s appearance
Calling the ex-president ‘a true leader’ and ‘very intelligent,’ about 1,500 attend his speech.
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It’s official, Bob Marley is theNEW RECAAHD HOLDAAH!
PORTLAND — The jokes just kept flowing Thursday night at the Comedy Connection as Bob Marley finished the longest standup comedy performance on record.
For 40 hours over two days, Marley entertained hundreds of people who paid $10 an hour to see one of Maine’s best-known comedians set a Guinness World Record and raise thousands of dollars for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center.
At 9:09 p.m. Thursday, Marley passed the previous record, 38 hours and six minutes, set in October 2009 by Lindsay Webb of Australia.
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Portland gets things rolling on new skatepark
The skatepark will be part of Dougherty Field, a sprawling recreation complex off St. James Street that includes ball fields and an outdoor swimming pool.