Exposure to extreme cold may have contributed to his death, the police chief says.
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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Conservation groups sue to force greater protection for North Atlantic right whale
The lawsuit alleges that the federal government has failed to manage the fishing industry so the whales don’t get entangled in lobster trap lines and commercial fishing gear.
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Father, 2 girls survive snowmobile’s icy plunge on Mount Desert Island
Eli Strauss, his daughter and another girl are able to swim to shore before being found by rescue workers and treated for hypothermia.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Maine Department of Corrections reports escaped inmate
It says Robert John Berry, 46, who was sentenced in May for theft by unauthorized taking in York County, fled his home confinement on Tuesday.
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Maine substitute teacher let go after telling a student Trump would kick him out of country
The conversation about President Trump’s proposed border wall and the impact it would have immigrants was videotaped and shared on social media.
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Police seek hit-and-run driver in Buxton
A 17-year-old girl from Waterboro was struck by a pickup truck Friday night as she was walking across River Road, the Buxton police chief says.
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Big Phish helps political cause at Portland’s Bayside Bowl
The band’s drummer, who lives in Lincolnville, promotes a ranked-choice voting push – and rocks out, too.
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Sudden ice jam on the Kennebec floods areas of Augusta, Hallowell, submerges cars
More than a dozen completely or partially submerged vehicles in Hallowell were among the scenes Sunday as the extent of flooding apparently caught officials off guard.
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About 75 attend Portland vigil for victims of human trafficking
Some 200 to 300 girls and women are trafficked in Maine each year, according to Hope Rising, the organization behind Thursday’s vigil.
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Sanford man, 31, dies when car is rear-ended, pushed into path of school bus
No students were on the MSAD bus when Jeremiah Smith’s car was pushed onto Route 4 in Berwick.