Portland’s City Council decides to take $50,000 and reallocate it to the Learning Works program.
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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Man hurt in possible drag-racing crash
A Gray man was hospitalized in critical condition late Sunday after being involved in what police are describing as a possible drag-racing incident in the town of Raymond. Capt. Jeff Davis of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said witnesses told investigators that a Volkswagen operated by 23-year-old Nicholas R. Leone left Raymond Hill Road, struck […]
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Michaud, Pingree follow party line in health vote
Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe don’t share the optimism that the reform will succeed.
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Fire breaks out at Biddeford trash plant
Firefighters from Biddeford and Saco were called in tonight to fight a fire that broke out inside a trash shredder at the Maine Energy Recovery Co. on Lincoln Street.
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Dion will run for governor as a write-in candidate
Donna J. Dion will be running as a write-in candidate for governor in the June 8 primary election.
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Inexperience may have contributed to motorcycle accident in Casco
A head-on collision between a motorcycle and a car late Saturday night left the motorcyclist with serious injuries, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department said.
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Casco man leads police on high speed pursuit
A suspect who led county police on a high-speed pursuit through three communities early Sunday morning was apprehended after his Ford pickup truck ran out of gas.
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York Beach fire brought under control
YORK — Firefighters prevented a fire from spreading to nearby homes in a tightly developed beachfront community this afternoon, rapidly extinguishing the blaze that erupted in an apartment building on York Beach. Fire Chief Dave Bridges said strong winds were driving flames from the second story fire at 151 Long Beach Ave. toward a nearby […]
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Schools advance in drama fest
Several southern Maine high schools won one-act play regional championships this weekend in the Maine Drama Festival. Regional competitions took place over the weekend at nine locations across the state, according to Rick Ash, the drama festival’s coordinator. Class A winners advancing to the state finals in Camden on March 19 and 20 include Cape […]
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Harpswell voters will decide whether to keep school open
A pending lawsuit says costs of keeping the elementary school open have been inflated.