Police sent college students under the age of 21 into 56 establishments Saturday.
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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Ex-operator of Maine youth camp gets 40 years in child sex case
The Manchester, N.H., man was convicted in November of child sexual exploitation and possessing child porn.
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Death of 6-year-old Maine girl spurs outpouring of support
Evalise M. McLean, a Berwick first-grader, apparently died of bacterial meningitis, which, officials assure other parents, is not contagious.
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Maine woman succumbs to smoke inhalation
Rebecca Galleshaw was rescued from her burning home in Berwick on Friday.
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Maine’s Oakhurst Dairy sold to farmer cooperative
The 93-year-old company says it plans no layoffs of its 200 employees.
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Gunman in Gorham standoff surrenders peacefully
The USM student reportedly threatened to shoot people in a fraternity house before barricading himself inside.
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Route 113 reopens after heavy flooding
Motorists had to take lengthy detour around the flooded, oft-traveled area on Monday, police said.
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Jet’s warning of landing gear problem in Portland is false alarm
The US Airways flight from Philadelphia lands without incident.
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Mainer killed during random act of road rage, police say
Officials appeal for help in finding a pickup driver who pursued a young Poland man and shot him in Pennsylvania.