The Maine Marine Patrol says Lucas Lemoine could have damaged the underwater cable that supplies electricity to Swan’s Island, where he lives.
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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Road reopens after rollover of propane truck near Gorham roundabout
No one is injured, and the gas is transferred safely to another truck.
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Coast Guard officer relieved of command after grounding of 87-foot patrol boat
A probe of that incident and others is the reason for the ‘highly unusual’ reassignment of Christopher Bouchard, whose cutter was damaged off Jonesport last month.
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Harp seal stranded on Wells snowbank saves self as rescuers watch
Marine Mammals of Maine was ready to aid and relocate the seal stuck in a Wells snowbank.
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Three companies share top award at Portland Flower Show opening
Best of Show goes to Robin’s Nest Aquatics of Hollis, O’Donal’s Nursery of Gorham and Hill View Mini Barn of Etna. The show runs through Sunday.
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Portland police seek man who held up store clerk with butcher knife
The robber took cash from the Xtra Mart on Brighton Avenue and fled in a white pickup truck.
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More ice falls from Old Port building, another car gets hit
A passenger escapes injury when ice smashes into a car parked feet away from the scene of a similar accident 10 days earlier.
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More snow on the way before warmup Wednesday
The Portland area is in line for 3 to 6 more inches, and maybe freezing rain and sleet, before temperatures climb to the 40s.
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February was coldest on record in Portland and Bangor
The average monthly temperature of 13.8 degrees at the Portland jetport beat the previous mark, set in 1979.
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Employee critically injured when car plows into Westbrook Rite Aid
The accident occurred when a Gorham man, 84, stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake, police say.