Gov. Janet Mills will reveal the details of the final plan during a virtual public event on Dec. 1.
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.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Portland High School cancels in-person learning for 2 days because of COVID case
The decision comes after someone connected to the high school tests positive for COVID-19; it’s the third case in the past 2 weeks.
advertisement
Posted inMaine, News
Portland city councilors hear support for creating safe drug injection site
No action was taken at Tuesday’s public hearing before the Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee.
Posted inMaine, News
Saint Joseph’s College reports another outbreak of COVID-19
The school in Standish says that 3 students have tested positive and that it expects the outbreak to grow based on what it learned during a previous outbreak in September.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Dayton man charged with threatening to kill his partner and burn her house down
Rock Varnum also allegedly attacked another woman with a knife on Friday, according to Maine State Police.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Central Maine Power energy corridor project nearly ready to begin
The Army Corps of Engineers issues a key permit for the controversial project, but a lawsuit challenging the agency’s findings is ongoing.
Posted inMaine, News
Bangor restaurant diners may have been exposed to hepatitis A
Maine health officials issued a warning Tuesday evening, urging diners who ate at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant last month to get vaccinated.
Posted inMaine, News
COVID-19 outbreak at Maine Correctional Center grows to 81 confirmed cases
Nine staff and 72 inmates at the Windham prison have tested positive.
Posted inMaine, News
MaineHousing extends rent relief program
The agency says it has about $4 million left to help tenants adversely impacted by COVID-19 pay their rent in October and November.
Posted inMaine, News
Saturday is prescription drug take-back day in Maine
Police departments across the state will be collecting unused drugs.