The cutting of steel at the shipyard’s Brunswick fabrication facility Tuesday marked the start of construction on the USS Quentin Walsh.
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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EPA reaches settlement with Windham truck sales company for Clean Air Act violations
APlus Truck Sales will pay a $75,000 penalty for allegedly tampering with emissions controls on diesel vehicles.
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Gov. Mills and members of Maine’s congressional delegation praise infrastructure law
Sen. Susan Collins, one of the few Republicans who attended the signing ceremony, described the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as a ‘victory for all Americans.’
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South Berwick police charge Portsmouth, N.H. officer with domestic violence
Portsmouth police officer Todd Goodwin has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest Thursday.
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COVID causing York County Jail to turn away people who come to serve sentences
Because of concerns about COVID-19, they are told to return Dec. 3 to have their sentences revised or possibly waived.
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Island in Washington County will be added to coastal state park
Maine’s Bureau of Public Lands has acquired Pond Cove Island, a 50-acre island in Englishman Bay that will become part of Roque Bluffs State Park.
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Limerick man serving time for fatal hit-and-run dies in prison at 46
William George, 46, who had been convicted of manslaughter, died Wednesday morning.
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‘I feel like I was part of something,’ says proud World War II veteran
June Beck, who turned 100 in September, served her country as part of the WAVES. She’s one of about 1,300 World War II veterans living in Maine.
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News Center Maine anchor Cindy Williams is calling it a career
Williams, whose career in television began 32 years ago, announced Wednesday that she will retire in December.
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Natural Resources Council of Maine seeks intervenor status in Avangrid lawsuit against state
Six Yes on 1 supporters also are part of the effort that NRCM says is ‘aimed directly at protecting the will of Maine voters.’