The law school plans to move its students and faculty to an Old Port building by January, and house them there until a new law school is completed in about 5 years.
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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Consolidated Communications, two unions reach tentative contract deals
After earlier contracts technically expired at midnight Saturday, the sides returned to the bargaining table and reached agreements late Sunday that will be submitted to union members for ratification.
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Sheriff’s deputy injured when cruiser collides with pickup in Raymond
The collision took place Saturday morning on Route 302, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
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Maine CDC investigating links between 4 cases of Legionnaires’ disease
All 4 patients live in the Bangor area and had to be hospitalized.
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Investigators say they haven’t yet identified Portland fire victim
The fire, which killed one person and injured another Wednesday morning, is still under investigation.
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Maine’s new poet laureate is a small-town librarian who’s written 2 books of poems
Julia Bouwsma is a farmer and director of the Webster Library in Kingfield, and teaches at the University of Maine at Farmington.
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Few weigh in on Maine Turnpike Authority plan to increase tolls
Turnpike officials say they need to raise an additional $18 million annually for construction projects after seeing toll revenue drop during the pandemic.
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Drivers warned of prolonged traffic delays Wednesday on Yarmouth bridge
Motorists trying to cross the Bayview Street Bridge could encounter wait times as long as eight minutes.
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Gorham man pleads not guilty to charges stemming from Jan. 6 riot
Nicholas P. Hendrix, 34, is the third man with Maine ties, and second Maine resident, to face federal charges related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Maine church’s case against pandemic restrictions
Calvary Chapel in Orrington asked the court to stop Gov. Janet Mills from enforcing or reinstating any restrictions related to the rapid spread of the delta variant.