While the popular trail is not closed, 2 parking lots offering easy access will be shut down starting Tuesday morning.
Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Heraldโs 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 Heraldโs 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 heโs not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
Over 1,000 small businesses in Maine qualify for payroll protection loans
Since the federal assistance program went live Friday, a total of 1,026 companies have been deemed eligible to receive nearly $292 million in payroll benefits, according to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
Rockland DHHS office to be closed Monday after worker tests positive for coronavirus
The regional office of the Department of Health and Human Services will be throughly cleaned and sanitized and then reopen on Tuesday, a spokeswoman says.
Old Orchard Beach issues emergency order that discourages visitors through April
The declaration covers short-term private rentals, lodging establishments and campgrounds, and even places restrictions on takeout restaurants downtown.
Cape Elizabeth shuts down Fort Williams Park and Portland Head Light
Councilors, concerned about large gatherings at the oceanfront park and iconic lighthouse, will restrict access until at least May 1.
BIW donates more than 3,000 protective masks to health workers in Maine
The N95 respirator masks were donated to MaineHealth, and will go to hospitals and facilities that the health system operates across the state.
Answers to questions about the governor’s stay-at-home order
The order still allows people to take a walk, buy groceries or get medicine at their pharmacy, but limits the number of customers who can be in a store at one time.
Gun shops are now among the businesses Maine considers essential
The change in status, which had affected stores like Cabela’s and Kittery Trading Post, came Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security updated its guidelines on essential businesses.
Third person from Cumberland school tests positive for coronavirus
Superintendent Jeffrey Porter said Monday that he couldn’t rule out the possibility that the staffer had contact with others during the week before the Mabel I. Wilson elementary school was closed.
Central Maine Power to donate 6,000 protective masks to the state
The electric utility will deliver the masks, aimed for use by health care workers and emergency responders, to the Maine Emergency Management Agency on Monday.