Police shut down city streets; 3,600 customers lose power
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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Biddeford, state probing finances of La Kermesse
BIDDEFORD – The city’s long-running festival celebrating its Franco-American heritage is being investigated by authorities. Paul Gagne, treasurer for La Kermesse Franco-Americaine de Biddeford, confirmed Wednesday night that the festival’s finances are being investigated by Biddeford police and the state Attorney General’s Office. Gagne said festival organizers were informed of the investigation by police about […]
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La Kermesse finances under investigation
BIDDEFORD — The city’s long-running festival celebrating its Franco-American heritage is being investigated by authorities. Paul Gagne, treasurer for La Kermesse Franco-Americaine de Biddeford, confirmed tonight that the festival’s finances are being investigated by Biddeford police and the state Attorney General’s Office. Gagne said festival organizers were informed of the investigation by police about four […]
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Portland firefighters battle condo fire in city’s West End
A fire that broke out in a West End condominium this evening looked a lot worse than the damage it ultimately caused.
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Brunswick coffee shop burglarized
Detective Bill Moir said a burglar alarm “spooked” the suspect, who fled, but not before he caused damage to the shop.
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BIW agrees with Gates: Ships need to cost less
The defense secretary says the Navy will cut its fleet if builders aren’t more efficient.
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Two Ogunquit chefs are Northeast’s best
After six tries, Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier of Arrows Restaurant win a Beard award.
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Rally held to protest new Arizona law
PORTLAND – It was a scene that the rally’s organizers say underscored the importance of the issues underlying federal immigration reform and a new Arizona law that they contend will lead to racial profiling. Two groups of demonstrators — one starting in Kennedy Park and the other at Union Station Plaza — marched along Congress Street […]
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Thunderstorms knock out power to thousands of homes
More than 11,300 Central Maine Power Co. customers in central and northern Maine are without power tonight after powerful thundersorms swept through the region. Somerset County was the hardest hit area with more than 6,700 outages reported. Penobscot County reported 2,800 outages. Other counties affected by the storms were Piscataquis, Kennebec and Lincoln. The thunderstorms […]
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Falmouth High School team does well in National Science Bowl
A team of five high school seniors does not, however, qualify for Monday’s championship rounds.