People walking their dogs on the beach called the South Portland Fire Department when they spotted the youth sitting on a ledge offshore.
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 investigate cause of crash that killed Damariscotta woman
A friend of Melissa Sawyer has started a scholarship fund for her four children.
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Fire forces evacuation of York Harbor Inn
Guests had to leave the building after the kitchen and pub filled with smoke.
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Eliot police seek public’s help in finding ‘slipping suspect’
The man stole several bottles of liquor from a convenience store last week and slipped on his way out, police say.
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Suspects identified in gunshots fired at homes in midcoast, police say
Shots were fired at homes in Friendship, Cushing and Waldoboro during the early hours of March 15.
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Connecticut couple charged with drug trafficking after stop on Maine Turnpike
Michelle Magnani, 26, and Keyon Wellington, 41, face felony counts after their arrest in Scarborough.
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Occupant of SUV found in river identified as Damariscotta woman
A passing motorist notified police early Sunday that a vehicle lying on its roof was visible in the Medomak River in Waldoboro.
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Police investigate a rash of armed robberies in greater Portland
Four armed robberies have been reported at stores since Tuesday night, and investigators want to know whether they’re connected.
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Portland police open officer jobs to non-citizens, recent pot users
The policy change is aimed at filling vacancies at a time when departments nationwide are struggling to recruit qualified candidates.
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Maine on track to get grazed by another nor’easter
Portland could get 3 or 4 inches of snow beginning Wednesday night, bit it will melt quickly, the National Weather Service says.