The family of three were fishing on Parlin Pond when their boat started taking on water and capsized Sunday afternoon.
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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Saco police seeking public’s help in locating missing woman
The family of Mary Catherine Moran is growing increasingly concerned after she was last seen in Saco last Wednesday.
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Several wildfires rage across Maine
They include one that destroyed a home in Embden and another that consumed an acre in Gouldsboro before firefighters prevented it from spreading to a structure.
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Deering High student dies in lawn-mowing accident on Peaks Island
Blain Alves, 16, got trapped between the mower he was operating and a parked boat.
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Man tried to set fire to fuel pump in Augusta, police say
Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man responsible for the incident early Sunday.
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Portland may close some streets downtown to allow outdoor dining and retail
The proposal, which needs approval from the City Council, would ban vehicles from 6 streets, most of them in the Old Port, to help businesses bring back customers safely.
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Stuck at home on her 95th birthday, ‘Mary T.’ has a party that comes to her. See the photos.
Mary Honan, who has lived nearly all her life in a home on Foreside Road in Falmouth, was treated Wednesday to a procession of fire trucks, police cruisers, and vehicles filled with her friends and family.
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Orrington church sues Mills over restrictions on worship services
The Calvary Chapel says the state’s ban on in-person worship is a violation of religious freedom.
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Warden service divers to search Tuesday for canoeist missing in Sanford
Kenneth Ham, 56, of Hollis is presumed to have drowned after his canoe flipped on Estes Lake.
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L.L. Bean’s store in Freeport remains closed, but you can now pick up orders there
The outdoor retailing giant announced Monday that it will begin offering curbside pickup of goods and apparel at its flagship store.