State police the man was wearing dark clothing when he was hit while walking along a road Wednesday evening.
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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Phish returning to Maine with two shows in Bangor this summer
The concert promoter says the band will play at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion on June 25-26.
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Messy mix of rain, snow to give way to blast of cold
The two-day storm clears out after dropping more than 8 inches of snow in inland areas, causing numerous accidents and leaving up to 8,000 without power Wednesday afternoon.
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Hearing on Portland’s paid sick leave proposal draws overflow crowd
At a meeting of a City Council subcommittee, dozens debate the pros and cons of a measure that would affect workers and businesses in Portland.
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Meth was mailed to suspect in South Portland standoff, authorities say
A criminal complaint filed by a U.S. postal inspector includes two felony counts against Patrick Clark, 52, of South Portland.
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Residents recycled over 1,000 Christmas trees at Westbrook farm
The supply should keep the goats at Smiling Hill Farm ‘happy’ until summer, the farm says on Facebook.
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Standoff in South Portland occurred after execution of federal search warrant
The warrant was obtained by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency official says.
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Massachusetts woman dies in Aroostook County crash
Darlene Williams, 69, is killed in the collision with a tractor-trailer on Route 1 in Orient.
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Oxford County man charged with murdering couple in their South Paris apartment
Suspect Mark Penley, 49, of Peru had called police Tuesday night to report finding the bodies of Dana Hill and Heather Bickford, his former girlfriend.
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Windham police to auction sporty BMW seized in drug case
The department will open bids Friday for the vehicle, which has high miles but hasn’t been driven in three years.