James B. Wescott, a retired Colby coach and the father of the Olympic snowboarder, fell into Megunticook Lake on Tuesday morning after suffering a medical emergency.
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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Suspect in Buxton home invasion gives himself up
Michael Crockett Jr., 30, agrees to turn himself in for a pizza, a Mountain Dew and chocolate milk.
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Body of missing Maine teen located, but that’s not the end of case
Police are just starting to investigate the death of Jaden Dremsa, and now are awaiting autopsy results.
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Wardens to drain lake in search for boy
Jaden Dremsa, 15, of North Waterboro has been missing since Thursday.
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Maine’s senators won’t back down on minimum wage bill
Despite a Republican filibuster blocking the latest effort, Susan Collins and Angus King are determined to find a compromise.
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Maine mother’s death after childbirth leaves family questioning
A Lewiston woman had complications during the birth of her second child and died a few days later.
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Maine approves bill to hold OUI offenders more accountable
The measure allows prosecutors to consider a driver’s lifetime felony offenses, rather than being limited to looking back 10 years.
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Maine convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine loses bid for new trial
A retired Superior Court judge rules DNA evidence is insufficient to implicate an alternate suspect.
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Sen. Angus King ‘stunned’ by ex-Vice President Cheney’s remarks on torture
The Maine independent criticizes Cheney’s endorsement of the Bush-era use of waterboarding.
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Sanford man accused of soliciting teen for sex
Scott Daigle contacted the 14-year-old girl online, police say.