Last week’s cold snap froze many water bodies, but this week’s warming temperatures could leave ice dangerously thin.
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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Police say Standish man crashed car into church in Westbrook
Ian Crouse faces multiple charges, including two felonies, in the crash early Sunday at The First Baptist Church on Main Street in Westbrook.
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Freeport High School now has 10 confirmed cases of pertussis
School officials hope the district’s winter vacation will break the cycle of cases in the student body.
Posted inMaine, News
Falmouth firefighters make unusual rescue – a dog trapped in storm drain
A passer-by heard Georgie, an Australian shepherd, whimpering and called for help.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Freeport man killed farmer in Scarborough and attacked 2 others in violent rampage, police say
Quinton Hanna, 22, is charged with a string of crimes Sunday that began in Scarborough with the fatal stabbing of an 82-year-old man and ended four hours later in Brunswick.
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Police investigating random killing in Scarborough pursue possible links to other attacks
Authorities are trying to determine whether the slaying Sunday of James Pearson and violent assaults during the weekend in Freeport and West Bath are connected.
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Windham police search for suspect in stabbing
Windham police warn the public not to approach Jayce Segler of Windham, whom they consider armed and dangerous.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Renys purchases historic building in downtown Bath
The purchase, announced Wednesday, will allow the Maine-based retailer to maintain its presence in the heart of the city’s downtown shopping district.
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Westbrook man gets 7 years in prison for robbing 2 banks
Aaron West robbed the second bank while he was free on pre-trial release after being charged in an earlier robbery.
Posted inMaine, News
Vehicle fire closes I-295 in Yarmouth for an hour during evening commute
Police divert southbound traffic off the highway at Exit 17 after a pickup truck bursts into flames near the southbound Exit 15 ramp during Monday’s rush hour.