National Book Award-winning author Phillip Hoose gives the money to I’m Your Neighbor Books, a Portland-based nonprofit.
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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Ransomware attack on global company impacts major Maine employers
MaineHealth and Hannaford say they use timekeeping services provided by Kronos but not its payroll software.
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Central Maine Power ranked dead last in nation for customer satisfaction
Advocates of a consumer-owned electric utility for Maine say CMP’s latest low rating by J.D. Power supports their argument.
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Maine utilities regulators to investigate lawsuit against CMP’s parent, Avangrid
The Public Utilities Commission will try to determine whether the capital expenditure costs alleged in the lawsuit are being recovered in CMP’s electricity rates.
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Lawmakers call on Maine PUC to investigate allegations in lawsuit against CMP parent company
The bipartisan group contends that Maine ratepayers have the right to know how they could be affected by improprieties allegedly committed by Avangrid.
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Madison widow sues Wisconsin company hired to clear cut NECEC transmission corridor
Shannon Rollins-Allen alleges that Northern Clearing Inc. should be held accountable for her injuries and the death of her husband when their vehicle was struck by a truck driven by a company worker.
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Three killed, two rescued in Bangor fire
The fire was in a boarded-up building that had been vacant for about a year and all the victims were homeless, authorities said.
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CMP parent company countersues former subcontractor, claiming defamation
Avangrid says Paulo Silva is a disgruntled former subcontractor who’s upset his company wasn’t awarded new contracts. Last week, Silva sued Avangrid alleging bid-rigging and racketeering.
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Fire ravages building at Fat Andy’s Hardwoods in North Yarmouth
The fire broke out shortly after 7 at the Walnut Hill Road business Wednesday night.
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Sebago residents enact 6-month moratorium on new quarries
The vote is in response to Gorham Sand & Gravel’s plans to operate a quarry off Route 11 in the town’s Village District.