The company ends weeks of speculation about what it has in mind for mysterious structures in Maine and San Francisco.
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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Cape Elizabeth’s library panel offering cheaper renovation plan
It would have the town borrow $4 million and will be presented to the Town Council on Nov. 6.
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Documents confirm Google’s link to Portland mystery barge
Managers from the Internet giant met with a Maine company, the Coast Guard and others in May.
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L.L. Bean to give Red Sox players commemorative boots
The new world champions are getting a special gift from one of Maine’s best-known companies.
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Coast Guard confirms Google involvement in mystery barge
Later, the agency says it can neither confirm nor deny the connection and says it has signed a non-disclosure agreement.
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First case of influenza reported in Maine
The patient is an elderly person who lives in Kennebec County.
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Shutdown leads to layoffs of 52 Maine state workers
The employees in the Disability Determination Office are paid with federal funds.
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Georgetown man shot and killed in North Yarmouth, police say
Alleged shooter interviewed and released by police.
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Gas leak diverts downtown Portland traffic at rush hour
The leak near High and Congress streets is repaired 3½ hours later.
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Man wounded in Maine shooting; assailant found dead
The wounded man is treated at a Bangor hospital and is expected to survive.