Members of southern Maine’s Jewish community say having a mikvah open again fulfills a basic need of that community.
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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Feature Obituary: Adele Minervino, 75, sober for 30 years; helped those in recovery
FALMOUTH – She may have had her share of ups and downs in her life, but her son says his mother was always willing to help a person in need. Adele Minervino died Friday at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Mrs. Minervino, who had been living in Falmouth for the past 12 years, was 75. […]
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Maine man who killed fiancee won’t be charged
A Florida grand jury has decided not to indict John Tabbutt for manslaughter in the fatal shooting.
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Couple found shot to death in Hollis home
State police suspect that Mike Lagarde, 50, shot his wife, Freda, 44, then turned the gun on himself.
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Pilot got ready for emergency landing
Mark Haskell activated his plane’s fuel shutoff and circuit breakers just before it crashed, officials say.
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NTSB: Plane propeller had quit turning before crash
The plane’s engine may have lost power before it plunged to the ground, killing two men.
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Plane crash victims mourned
A Portland air traffic controller who was flying the plane was well-known in the aviation community.
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Feature Obituary: William Adams, 92, ‘worked hard all his life’
CAPE ELIZABETH – On the day he was born in 1918, his father died in the world’s worst flu epidemic. Five years later his mother passed away. He was wandering the streets of Rumford when a Lithuanian family took him into their home and raised him. William A. “Whitey” Adams died Friday in Cape Elizabeth […]
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Hey, wasn’t that … yeah, it’s Taylor Swift
The singer was shooting video in Maine this weekend, and had a late dinner at Becky’s Diner.
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Dion to work with medical marijuana applicant
He will join the board of a firm hoping to run five dispensaries.