The shelter in Brunswick will deliver dogs by request as part of its Home for the Holidays Adoption Delivery Service.
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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Boat captain rescued by Zumwalt has needed emergency help before
Dale Sparrow has been involved in at least three Coast Guard missions in the past four years.
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Sen. Angus King calls on military to help stem flow of heroin across southern border
Maine’s independent senator made his remarks at confirmation hearings for Navy Vice Adm. Kurt Tidd, nominated to take command of the U.S. Southern Command.
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Shaw’s mysteriously ends longtime donation program at critical time for food bank
The Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program in Brunswick says it wasn’t told why the supermarket chain decided to end its Fresh Rescue program.
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As Portland woman offers coats to needy, warmth spreads to Boston
Gabby Kaper hung more winter coats on trees in downtown Portland this week, and now coats and scarves are showing up on trees in downtown Boston.
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Bath Iron Works and its largest union tentatively agree on crucial new contract
Machinists’ Local S6 is expected to vote Sunday on the four-year deal, which could give the shipyard an edge in competing for job-saving work building Coast Guard cutters.
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Four Maine lawmakers request criminal investigation of LePage
In a letter to Attorney General Janet Mills, three Democrats and an independent say the governor has abused his power and they want a determination of whether he committed a crime.
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Collins’ bid fails to preserve Planned Parenthood funding
Maine’s senior senator offered an amendment to restore funding for the women’s health care organization and was one of two Republicans to vote against legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
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Man shot, killed by Bangor police exchanged shots with officer, chief says
Joshua Jozefowicz, 23, who was being chased by police after running during a traffic stop, died of multiple gunshot wounds, an autopsy shows.
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Woman sues York County probate judge over case delay
She says his allegedly retaliatory schedule change led to her loss of a grandchild’s custody.