The fire began in cardboard behind the store in the area where packaging is compacted and prepared for shipping.
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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Police say Florida man captured in Auburn is serial burglar wanted in 9 states
Joseph Hodge was also wanted for at least five burglaries in York and Cumberland counties.
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LePage pockets tidy profit on sale of Boothbay home
The governor, who lives at the Blaine House, also has a house in Florida.
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Over 200 CMP customers join class-action lawsuit claiming they were overbilled
Three law firms will represent the customers in their complaint against the company, which has told regulators that 97,000 consumers’ bills increased 50 percent or more last winter.
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Man, woman arrested in York County fentanyl bust
Freddy Michel Peguero-Matos, 27, of Boston and Laurie A. Fantasia, 45, of Nashua, N.H., had about 350 grams of the powerful drug in their possession when arrested in Springvale, the sheriff says.
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Oppressive heat, humidity hang in for Independence Day
And with many public buildings closed, air-conditioned relief will be harder to find.
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Video: Coast Guard lifeboat encounters huge shark off Boothbay Harbor
The crew says the creature appeared to be about 20 feet long and may have been a great white, but a marine expert says it also could have been a basking shark.
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Ozone levels expected to rise with the temperatures Tuesday along Maine coast
This holiday week looks like a blend of bad air, heat and humidity.
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Man killed in a crash on I-95 in Penobscot County
Alex Malone, 22, of Levant died when his minivan overturned on the median in Howland, Maine State Police say.
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Motorists subdue man throwing rocks at cars on I-95 in Scarborough
David Mullen, 42, of Lewiston was charged with criminal mischief, Maine State Police say.