Some programs, including swimming, will remain closed for several weeks.
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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Snow moves out as Maine braces for a frigid day Thursday
Temperatures in Portland will feel like 10 to 20 below zero, weather forecasts predict.
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Condition of great black hawk rescued during storm deteriorates
The raptor native to Central and South America is likely to lose at least two toes on each foot, according the rehabilitation center where it is being treated.
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Victims of USS Thresher sinking to be remembered at Arlington National Cemetery
The nuclear-powered attack submarine based in Kittery sank off the coast of New England nearly 56 years ago, claiming the lives of 129 men.
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Acadia National Park reopens at full strength after shutdown
Many of its employees had been furloughed because of the lapse in federal funding.
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Five-vehicle crash backs up traffic on I-295 in Portland
Motorists involved suffered minor injuries, state police say.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Gardiner man who stole rifle while doing plumbing work pleads guilty
Robert Gay, 35, was prohibited from possessing a rifle because he had 2 prior felony convictions for theft, prosecutors said.
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Warmth, rain take big bite out of Westbrook’s famed ice disk
The natural wonder, which drew worldwide attention, has eroded and melted to the point that it’s no longer circular.
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Boothbay Harbor nonprofit moves to protect working waterfront
Stewards of Boothbay Harbor says it has entered an agreement to purchase Cap’n Fish’s Waterfront Inn, a property on the east side of the harbor that a developer had eyed for upscale development.
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Streets and basements flood as heavy rain sweeps through Maine
Power was out to hundreds of homes and the Maine Red Claws cancel their basketball game after the ceiling begins leaking at the Portland Expo.