One man drowned while swimming in a pond, the other while whitewater rafting.
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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Two trapped, 3 injured when vehicles collide in Cumberland
The crash happened Monday afternoon near the intersection of Gray and Skillin roads.
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Coast Guard calls off search for missing Down East lobsterman
Top Gun, 18-year-old Tylar Michaud’s lobster boat, was found Friday night with no one aboard.
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A beloved ‘bandit’ gets a valentine all his own
On what would have been his 68th birthday, the man who coordinated efforts to post bright red hearts all over Portland is given a floating tribute adorned with his symbol of goodwill, urging everyone to ‘be a Kevin.’
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Mills vetoes bill to ban foreign spending on referendum campaigns. It will likely go to voters in November.
The governor says the bill’s language is too broad and would likely result in unintended consequences, including infringing on free speech.
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11 people rescued Monday after canoes capsize in Saco River
No one was injured in the incident on a remote stretch of water in Fryeburg.
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Portland City Council approves annual city budget
The council also approved amendments, including money for the clean elections program, to reorganize the city’s Executive Department and to hire a nurse for the Barron Center’s Office of Elder Affairs.
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Police say 2 women report they were drugged at Old Port establishment
Police are investigating and reviewing video from Thursday night.
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Bacterial bloom that could prove deadly to dogs detected in South Portland ponds
The outbreak of cyanobacteria has been found in two ponds at Hinckley Park.
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Oil spill training exercise planned for Portland Harbor on Monday
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection says the four-day-long operation will be visible from the Casco Bay Bridge, Veterans Memorial Bridge and I-295.