The victim is identified as Gregory Lemar, 59.
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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Malfunction causes brief partial closure of Casco Bay Bridge
Motorists traveling from Portland to South Portland had to be redirected for about 90 minutes.
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Warden Service identifies woman killed in Rangeley snowmobile crash
Heather Valentine, 41, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, died when her snowmobile crashed Friday morning on Bald Mountain Camps Trail.
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Ashland man accused of locking couple inside home
Brandon Saucier faces charges of criminal restraint and terrorizing in connection with incidents that took place in the Aroostook County town of Masardis.
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Andrew Wyeth’s ‘Christina’s World’ back on view at Museum of Modern Art
The New York City museum is not saying why the painting, known for conveying the hardscrabble life of people in rural Maine, was removed from public view or why it has now has been restored to a gallery on the fifth floor.
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Portland man arrested in connection with weekend stabbing in Old Orchard Beach
Akram Ibrahim has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.
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South Berwick-based food writer, co-author taking heat for cookbook’s title
A blogger, who claims to have coined the phrase ‘Rage Baking’ in 2015, says the book overlooks her efforts to fight racial injustice through cooking.
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Father and daughter safe after snowmobiles crash through ice-covered lake near Baxter State Park
The Connecticut residents were treated for mild hypothermia, but their snowmobiles ended up at the bottom of North Twin Lake near Baxter State Park.
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Victim in Scarborough Walmart shooting undergoes surgery
No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting, which critically injured a Saco man, according to Maine State Police.
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Man is struck and killed by Amtrak train in Falmouth
Downeaster passenger service was delayed for nearly three hours as a result of the crash, but nobody aboard the train was injured.