Severe weather that blew into Maine on Wednesday afternoon also forced flight cancellations and delays at the Portland International Jetport.
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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Man who hid drugs in his underwear pleads guilty to possession
Sean Anderson of Peabody, Massachusetts, is facing up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in Portland to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine Medical Center confirms case of chickenpox
The hospital advises that anyone who was in its emergency department between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on July 30 may have been exposed to the varicella virus.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
West Virginia man found guilty of murdering Mainer on Pennsylvania highway
John Strawser Jr. is sentenced to life for killing Timothy Davison of Poland in 2014. It will run concurrently with the one Strawser already is serving for murdering a girlfriend in 2015.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Westbrook men charged with burglarizing Little League supplies
Westbrook police say the men broke into a shed on Bridge Street and stole property belonging to the Westbrook Little League.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine police departments to host National Night Out on Tuesday
The community-building events give the public the opportunity to meet local police officers in a relaxed setting that typically features demonstrations, games and barbecues.
Posted inLocal & State
Body of missing Appalachian Trail hiker is found in Maine
A Maine game warden finds Jeffrey Aylward, 63, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, inside his tent in Township D near Rangeley.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Bruce Poliquin will not run against Jared Golden in 2020
The former Republican U.S. representative says that taking care of his aging parents comes first.
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Mainers react with horror and grief: ‘I felt sick and afraid’
Some call for stricter gun control in response to the violence that killed at least 29 people within 24 hours.
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New Hampshire man killed in ATV crash in Naples
The victim, identified as 59-year-old Wayne Jackson of Loudon, was not wearing a helmet when his ATV rolled over on top of him on Pitt Road.