The governor, who has been vaccinated and boosted, said she will monitor her symptoms and isolate for at least five days.
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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Sen. Collins says she’d support reinstatement of Trump’s Twitter account
Collins’ comments come a day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who describes himself as a ‘free-speech absolutist,’ reached an agreement to purchase Twitter for $44 billion.
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Passamaquoddy tribal leaders, Maine’s top lawman discuss slaying
Tribal officials meet with Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck to coordinate an investigation into the slaying of Kim Neptune.
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Legislature votes to approve rural public defender office
It will be the first public defenders unit created in Maine. The five attorneys will travel to areas where there are few lawyers available to defend indigent defendants.
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I-295 bridge replacement project nears completion
The Maine Department of Transportation says the busy highway is on track to reopen at 11 a.m. Monday.
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Gov. Mills signs bill to give Passamaquoddy Tribe access to cleaner drinking water
Mills had threatened to veto the initial version, citing concerns over jurisdictional issues that would have given the tribe more control over its drinking water source.
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Portland gets Standard & Poor’s highest credit rating
The upgrade to AAA could save the city and its taxpayers millions of dollars associated with debt service costs.
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State terminates company’s application to operate large fish farm in Frenchman Bay
American Aquafarms could reapply for a lease to raise 66 million pounds of Atlantic salmon annually at two 15-pen sites between Bar Harbor and Gouldsboro, but that process could take 2 to 3 years, the state says.
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Head-on crash in Livermore sends 4 to hospital
Police were still investigating the cause of the crash, which occurred at around 3 p.m.
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Windy spring storm knocks out power to thousands in Maine
The storm brought gusts of over 50 mph, which toppled trees and brought down power lines, leading to about 50,000 outages statewide Tuesday.