A section of Somerset Street was closed Thursday night while police conducted a drug investigation.
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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Lewiston man arrested after altercation at Falmouth home
Donald Murphy, who is facing several charges, was restrained by police after he started an altercation with 2 residents of the house, police say.
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Posted inMaine, News
Gun control advocates plan vigil and rally in Augusta on Saturday night
The events will be held outside the Blaine House starting at 7 p.m.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
West Virginia man found guilty of murdering Poland man on Pennsylvania highway
John Strawser Jr. is sentenced to life for killing Timothy Davison of Poland in 2014. It will run concurrently with the one Strawser already is serving for murdering a girlfriend in 2015.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Westbrook men charged with burglarizing Little League supplies
Westbrook police say the men broke into a shed on Bridge Street and stole property belonging to the Westbrook Little League.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Bruce Poliquin will not run against Jared Golden in 2020
The former Republican U.S. representative says that taking care of his aging parents comes first.
Posted inMaine, News
Shark spotted off Goose Rocks Beach probably a great white
A Kennebunkport harbormaster reports seeing the predator about a mile offshore.
Posted inMaine, News
July in Portland sets record: Hottest. Month. Ever.
The temperature in Portland reached 80 degrees or higher during 24 days this July, leading to an average temperature of 72.9 degrees that eclipsed the previous record of 72.7 set in July 2011.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Five years after Poland man was killed on Pennsylvania highway, suspect goes to trial
John Wayne Strawser Jr. of West Virginia is accused of running Timothy ‘Asti’ Davison of Poland off an interstate and killing him.
Posted inMaine, News
Fryeburg police rescue unconscious woman from Saco River bank
Police say the 45-year-old New Hampshire kayaker – who was wearing only an bikini and carrying a cooler filled with alcohol – was ‘unequipped for overnight camping.’