A joint study with funding from the National Science Foundation will examine a parasite that infects oysters.
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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Postal service plans changes at Scarborough Distribution Center
Postal workers contend that moving a sorting machine to New Hampshire will slow deliveries and lead to service reductions in southern Maine.
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Posted inLocal & State
Halsey Frank nominated to be top federal prosecutor in Maine
If confirmed, he’d fill the vacancy left by departure of former U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II, one of the U.S. attorneys fired by President Trump.
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Toddler wounded in accidental shooting in Penobscot County
Police are investigating the incident in Winn while the 20-month-old girl recovers from a wound that is not life-threatening.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
SUV crashes into historic, 28-ton Fryeburg monument, knocking it clockwise
The impact damaged the granite John Stevens Monument, and the driver has been charged with drunken driving, police say.
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Cianbro gets Navy contract for work at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The $23 million project will make improvements to a dry dock at the Kittery installation.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Kennebunk man sentenced to 2½ years for illegally possessing firearms
Justin Riggall, 37, was prohibited from having guns because of a 2012 domestic violence conviction in Maine.
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Bangor woman arrested after car chase through Scarborough, South Portland
Crystal Wells, 35, faces several charges after being stopped for a seat belt violation, police say.
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Sen. Collins says she’ll vote against motion to advance Senate health bill
The opposition by Maine’s Republican senator casts more doubt on the likelhood that the bill will make it through the closely divided Senate this week before the July Fourth recess.
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Maine boat captain gets jail, fine for shooting seal off Acadia National Park
Key evidence was footage from a video camera that was mounted on Joseph Martin’s own fishing vessel, the FV Sunlight.