TOPSHAM – She earned praise as an advocate for the mentally ill, broke ground after being named one of the state’s first female bank directors, and boosted the arts and music in Maine through her passionate support. Ruth Tabenken died Monday at a hospital in Brunswick. She was 82 and had lived for the past […]
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 jury finds law firm negligent, awards man $7.3 million
Jurors decide Bernstein Shur didn’t do enough to help a client accused of harassment.
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Feature obituary:Vera Warner, 86, known for 65 years of volunteer work
SACO – Her “bucket list” included riding a zip line down a mountain at age 84, pedaling a bicycle through the Canadian Rockies in her 70s, and traveling in an ox-drawn cart to visit her father’s native village in Russia. Though her adventures might seem daring for a woman of her age, she was always […]
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Pingree will vote against funding wars
The Maine Democratic representative supports an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Feature Obituary: John W. Pearl, 69, led a life of ‘meaning and heart’
CHELSEA – He played the game of life liked he played high school football and basketball at Brunswick — with a lot of heart. John W. Pearl, a longtime resident of Gardiner who moved to Chelsea a few years ago, died Sunday at an Augusta nursing home after living with cancer for more than 20 […]
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Greater Portland drug sweep nets 19
During the operation, which is being called ‘Summer Slam,’ drug agents recovered 10 grams of crack cocaine
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Feature Obituary: Arthur Bishop, 83, longtime Brunswick teacher, coach
BRUNSWICK – Some of his baseball pitching records still stand at Bowdoin College. He was named an All-New England and Little All-American football player at Bowdoin. And 50 years after he graduated, he was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. Arthur P. Bishop died Tuesday at his son’s home in Waterville. He was […]
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Searchers fail to find vessel’s stolen equipment
A study of how global warming affects glaciers will proceed anyway.
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North Berwick pond neighbors challenge new seaplane ramp
North Berwick Planning Board members walk the site where Wayne Whitten cleared land.
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Waterfront feast helps keep kids from going hungry
Chefs from 27 restaurants across Maine donate time, food and expertise for the Taste of the Nation event.