The storm is expected to affect visibility and road conditions, making for challenging commutes on Thursday morning and evening.
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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Director of indigent legal services in Maine resigning
Justin W. Andrus, executive director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Services, announced Tuesday that he plans to leave the agency at the end of June.
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Lebanon store that sold winning Mega Millions ticket gets a big bonus
Fred Cotreau, owner of the Hometown Gas and Grill, received $50,000 Wednesday for selling the winning lottery ticket.
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U.S. legislators invite prominent Mainers to State of the Union address
Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation and Dr. Nirav D. Shah, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control will be guests of Rep. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree.
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Legislative committee votes to approve free state park access to Indigenous people
The bill is sponsored by Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop.
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Several Mainers take home awards at Grammys
At least 4 Mainers won Grammy Awards Sunday during ceremonies in Los Angeles.
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Initiative to require voter approval of state borrowing over $1 billion certified for ballot
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said backers of No Blank Checks collected more than enough signatures to be approved for the state ballot in November.
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Maine House speaker calls on lawmaker to resign over fraud allegations
Rep. Clinton E. Collamore, D-Waldoboro, has been indicted on forgery and other charges for allegedly violating Maine’s Clean Election Act.
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Maine’s floating offshore wind research project clears significant hurdle
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Thursday that the state’s application for a floating offshore wind power research site can move forward.
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Maine game wardens rescue Cutler man who became lost looking for moose antlers
Rescuers found the 78-year-old man, who had fallen through ice in a bog and become disoriented and hypothermic during Monday’s storm.