Investigators are still trying to determine who was driving the truck when it struck a bicyclist Friday 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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Windham woman charged with assault in York County incident
Maine State Police say she threw an antique window down a flight of stairs that struck her mother in the leg.
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Charges dismissed against Maine man driving boat that killed his twin brother
Jeffrey Beattie died in May 2016 when he fell off the bow of a boat being driven by Jonathan Beattie on Mousam Lake in Shapleigh.
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Maine Forest Rangers want to know who dumped huge load of trash
The mess was found on a gravel road in the woods of Fryeburg.
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Truck tips over, dumps load of stinky bait fish in Newcastle
The crash disrupts traffic Thursday on busy Route 1 at the height of tourist season.
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Maine supreme court upholds Skowhegan teen’s sentence, but rips youth justice system for lack of options
Chief Justice Leigh Saufley authors a side opinion that calls it ‘a tragedy’ that probation or incarceration are the only options.
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Report of missing swimmer unfounded, Wells police say
Emergency personnel responded to Wells Beach after receiving a report from bystanders that a person had entered the water and not come back out.
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Firms say they will file another suit against CMP, this time alleging fraud
A trio of law firms say Central Maine Power intentionally blamed customers for excessively high bills rather than acknowledge problems with its metering and billing systems.
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Manhole explosion shuts down busy intersection near Old Port
The blast, inside an underground electrical vault, closes the intersection of Center, York and Fore streets.
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Over 30 dead harbor seals wash ashore in southern Maine in 2 days
Marine mammal experts are testing tissue samples for a potential common cause of the surge in carcasses found on the state’s beaches this year.