The bid casts doubt on a Maine-based organization’s effort to acquire Ram Island Ledge Light.
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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Libra purchases potato company in Mars Hill
Libra officials say they want to boost the area’s largest employer, which has not been doing well.
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Students get free backpacks and an invitation to learn
The giveaway attracts sign-ups for Riverton’s after-school program.
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Portland drowning victim identified
An autopsy concluded that 45-year-old James Stewart, a transient, died of accidental drowning.
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Maine senator wants drivers to steer clear of texting
AAA members back a state ban on the practice, but police officials think a law would be difficult to enforce.
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Search under way for missing Windham man
David F. Harmon was last seen early this morning at the intersection of Land of Nod and Cole roads.
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Maine group competes to own lighthouse
A Brunswick consultant is leading the effort to raise at least $20,000 by a federal deadline Thursday.
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Autopsy under way on body found in harbor
Police believe they know the man’s identity and will notify family members once the autopsy is complete.
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Portland police pull body from water under dock
The death of an unidentified man does not appear initially to be suspicious, police say.
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Damariscotta pilot, William Hamilton, escapes serious injury in South Thomaston plane crash
South Thomaston, Maine – The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed Sunday afternoon near the Knox County Regional Airport said he is fortunate to have survived. “I’m lucky to be alive. I don’t have any broken bones, but I do have a lot of cuts and bruises,” said 75-year-old William Hamilton of Damariscotta. “I’m very […]