The plane left from Biddeford Municipal Airport and was en route to Brandy Pond, police say.
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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New monument to the people of Malaga Island offers ‘healing and closure’
More than a century ago, the state wiped out the coastal community, institutionalizing its mixed-race population. The monument at Pineland Farms promises we’ll always remember.
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Missing Portland man found at family camp in Livermore
Ronald Parsons, 84, disappeared after eating dinner at The Woods at Canco, the retirement community on Canco Road.
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Scarborough man charged with threatening woman with firearm
The woman had escaped by the time police arrived, and Willis Moulton, 74, was arrested after leaving the home on Black Point Road.
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Maine senators say intelligence committee must interview Trump Jr. on email revelations
Rather than agree to meet with a Russian lawyer to hear information damaging to Hillary Clinton, ‘the proper response would have been to call the FBI,’ Sen. Angus King says on CNN Tuesday night.
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Foot chase in Saco leads to 2 arrests
A man from Saco and a woman from Old Orchard Beach who were prohibited from having contact with each other fled after their car was stopped, police say.
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Police, family seek help in finding missing Portland man
Sebastian Kelley, 30, was last seen June 17 in the area around Gilman Street.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court stays suspension of former probate judge’s law license
The halt was issued after Robert M.A. Nadeau filed a motion to reconsider the court’s June 20 order suspending his license for two years.
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Bath woman, 19, may lose eye after tire-iron attack, police say
A 16-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with the assault, which took place early Sunday in Topsham.
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Wardens identify owner of boat involved in hit-and-run in Lyman
The vessel crashed into a motorboat late Saturday on a pond in Lyman, injuring four.