Heavy rainfall and melting snow may cause the Androscoggin, Saco and Kennebec rivers to reach flood stage on Monday.
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 police seek witnesses in fatal crash
They are trying to piece together what happened March 9 when a Portland man was killed in a head-on accident.
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Lewiston Auburn magazine publisher charged with having child porn
Joshua Shea, a former Auburn city council and founder of an area film festival, was arrested at his home, where he lives with his wife and two children.
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Three key Maine races uncontested in primaries
Candidates for the 1st District, governor and senator will run unopposed in their primaries.
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Anguished family offers reward in fatal Paris hit-and-run
Police believe Xavier Fuentes, 16, was hit by a vehicle with a plow while walking on Route 117. His family asks, ‘Why didn’t you stop?’
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Portland’s high-tech parking-fee machines, weather don’t mix
Ten of the city’s 55 new curbside devices freeze up and fail during the latest storm. The state-of-the-art solution? Hit ’em with a little heat.
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Man hit, killed by train in Old Orchard Beach
Police suspect suicide after witnesses say he walked in front of a Downeaster.
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LePage to offer plan to expand Maine’s ‘War on Drugs’
The proposal calls for four new judges, 14 agents and four assistant attorneys general for drug cases.
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Canada approves eastward flow of oil, worrying some Mainers
Environmentalists fear it’s a step toward exporting oil sands through East Coast ports.
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Maine prison inmate placed in isolation after killing
Inmate Richard Stahursky, who is alleged to have repeatedly stabbed another prisoner, is expected to be charged with murder, police say.