The new vessel, named after Capt. Richard G. Spear, a Maine Maritime Academy graduate, will transport passengers and motor vehicles between Rockland and Vinalhaven for the Maine State Ferry 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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Firefighters rescue four people from burning building in Westbrook
Two of the occupants were transported to an area hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.
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State police and Oxford County Sheriff’s Office looking for missing teenager
Mackenzie Zitoli, 16, of Roxbury, Maine, was last seen at the Irving Circle K in Bethel on Monday night.
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Citing an increase in dangerous driving, state police say crackdown is coming
Maine State Police say they will start targeted enforcement to curtail speeding, distracted driving and infractions like expired inspection and registration stickers, which have been overlooked since the pandemic began last year.
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Spectrum internet outage hits thousands of customers in Maine and New Hampshire
The company said all Maine customers were affected until service was rerouted to reconnect them after about 2 hours.
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Several Old Port streets will be closed to traffic effective Monday
The goal is to help restaurants and retailers by giving them more outside space to operate in while complying with social distancing guidelines during the pandemic, the city says.
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Maine Warden Service rescues 2 sets of stranded hikers
Wardens said both parties – one on the Appalachian Trail and the other on Tumbledown Mountain – were unprepared for the snow, ice and cold weather they encountered.
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Portland police investigating discovery of body inside Motel 6
The man who died appears to have been in his 60s, and the state medical examiner’s office has been called to determine the cause and manner of death.
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Missing Kennebunk boy is found safe
Kennebunk police said that Shawn Liguori, 16, found safe Thursday after not being seen since Tuesday morning.
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Kennebunk police asking for help locating missing boy, 16
Shawn Liguori has not been seen since he left his parents’ house in a black Ford Escape early Tuesday morning.