Staffing shortages are driving the closures, but other reasons, such as workers’ reluctance to get the COVID-19 vaccine, have contributed, health officials say.
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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Colby College hires director for artificial intelligence institute
Amanda Stent, a nationally known expert on artificial intelligence and human language, will serve as the new director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
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Parents of Maine man who disappeared more than 2 decades ago increase reward for information
The parents of Angel Torres, last seen in Biddeford in 1999, are now offering $20,000 for information that leads to the recovery of his remains or the person responsible for his disappearance.
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Man arrested after series of burglaries in Casco
Austin Swanson-Monge, 23, faces several charges after his arrest on Sunday, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
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More than 125 boats participate in protest on Frenchman Bay
Sunday’s ‘Save the Bay’ flotilla was a demonstration against plans by American Aquafarms to place an industrial salmon farm off the coast of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
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Skeletal remains found last spring in Casco shed identified as missing daughter of homeowner
The remains belong to Denise Scott Ramsey, the daughter of Douglas Scott Sr., whom she had lived with before disappearing a year and a half ago.
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UMaine System campuses now require masks for everyone indoors
The announcement by the state university system, to be reevaluated at the end of September, follows a similar move by Bates College in Lewiston and will affect thousands of students, faculty, staff members and visitors.
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Second inmate imprisoned for 1980s murder dies, a week after his accomplice
Joseph Albert, 77, was serving a 70-year sentence for murder in the death of 19-year-old Justine Renee Gridley of Orono in the 1980s.
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Injured hiker evacuated by helicopter from Baxter State Park
The New Jersey woman was airlifted from Doubletop Mountain Tuesday night after suffering a leg injury while hiking.
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Hard-hit Maine transportation companies set to receive COVID relief funds
Eleven Maine companies are eligible, but final allocations from the $1.6 billion Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services funding program have not been decided.