A 6-year-old girl was left alone to drive and crash a snowmobile when her older cousin fell off the sled.
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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USDA: Maine’s growing zones have changed
Terry Skillin, president and owner of Skillin’s Greenhouses in Brunswick, Cumberland and Falmouth, has begun to notice that local gardeners are having greater success growing more southern varieties of produce such as tomatoes, peppers and melons.
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Workers count homeless
PORTLAND — Flashlight beams cut through the darkness, illuminating a stone bridge overhead and piles of trash on either side of what used to be an active rail line.
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Dive teams to search Kennebec River in Waterville for Ayla Reynolds
A ‘process of elimination’ has led to the call-in of divers, not new evidence or a tip from the public, police say.
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Seven towns fight fire in Whitefield
The cause of the fire at 90 Rockland Road remains under investigation
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Limington woman killed in car crash
The cause of the crash, which took the life of 41-year-old Tanya Hart, remains under investigation.
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Group lists projects to help Maine
PORTLAND — A national transportation research organization has identified 50 transportation-related projects that it says would support economic growth in Maine and improve residents’ quality of life.
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Transportation group highlights Maine projects
PORTLAND — A national transportation research organization has identified 50 transportation-related projects that it says would support economic growth in Maine and improve residents’ quality of life.
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Cape Elizabeth woman injured in turnpike crash
Turnpike traffic is backed up for hours between Gray and Auburn following a collision between a sedan and a tractor-trailer.
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N.Y. fugitive arrested at Occupy Maine encampment
Robert Fecu is arrested for allegedly carrying a concealed knife but could be extradited to New York to face robbery charges.