Calling it an ‘ongoing emergency,’ the Red Cross says donors are urgently needed before the holidays.
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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Superintendent for Windham and Raymond wins top state honor
Christopher Howell has been named the 2022 Superintendent of the Year by the Maine School Superintendent’s Association.
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Close Portland City Council race headed to Wednesday morning runoff
Two council candidates won clear victories Tuesday, but a four-way at-large race will be decided by ranked-choice runoff scheduled for Wednesday morning..
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Maine voters weigh in on big issues: Electricity, roads, food
In Portland, residents also will vote on a referendum that would limit the size of future homeless shelters.
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Brunswick police investigating death of Bowdoin College student
The college community is grieving the passing of senior Theo Danzig, 21, who died in his off-campus residence Saturday.
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Heavy rainfall, powerful wind gusts clobber Maine coastal communities
The Halloween weekend storm dropped more than 6 inches of rain in some places, flooded roads and produced gusts up to 57 mph as thousands of customers lost electricity.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Fugitive from Massachusetts arrested in Ellsworth
Ramon Smith was being sought on warrants charging him with homicide and strangulation.
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Maine Warden Service divers recover body of missing Pennsylvania man
Akshay Mamidela, 25, had been missing since Wednesday night.
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Poll suggests nearly half of likely Maine voters will vote to stop CMP corridor
Digital Research found that slightly more than a third of respondents will vote to support the project, and 15% either weren’t sure or would not say.
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Opening of Chick-fil-A causes traffic worries for Westbrook police
‘You will get your chicken,’ the department says on Facebook, urging drivers to be patient and civil while waiting in line Thursday.