Biologists say the young bull, which was spotted in Scarborough Monday and attracted onlookers to SMCC before it was tranquilized Wednesday evening, was likely looking for a mate.
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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Utility crews work through the night to restore power to thousands of Mainers
The gusty winds caused more than 114,000 outages in Maine at the peak of storm, but repair crews reduced the number to less than 32,000 as of Thursday morning.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Agency investigating alleged incidents of racial bias by Cumberland police
The Attorney General’s Office and an outside police agency are looking into a complaint filed by a Black Portland attorney.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
U.S. Senate candidates face off at debate in Presque Isle
Incumbent Susan Collins and challengers Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn field questions on the drought, climate change, saving the USPS and pandemic relief.
Posted inMaine, News
Two young men die in fiery crash in York County
Jacob Dupuis, 20, of Gorham and Henry O’Neill, 19, of Standish were killed when the truck they were in left the road, hit a tree and burst into flames.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Kennebunk High School student tests positive for COVID-19
School officials say they do not believe anyone else at the high school was exposed, and the student hasn’t been at the school since Sept. 12.
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State closes Portland DHHS office after worker tests positive for COVID-19
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services expects to reopen the office on Thursday.
Posted inMaine, News
Brush fires break out in Cape Elizabeth and Falmouth
Firefighters extinguished the Cape Elizabeth fire with the help of a Maine Forest Service helicopter that dumped water on the area.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Collins says she’ll vote against any Supreme Court nominee brought to Senate floor before Nov. 3
Maine’s Republican senator says the Senate needs to wait until after the election to act on President Trump’s nominee to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Divers recover body of missing canoeist from York
Caitlin Giunta, 31, had not been seen since her canoe capsized Saturday evening on Flagstaff Lake.