The 41-year-old woman had been swimming at a private camp on Middle Range Pond, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office says.
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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Latest Casco Bay Bridge traffic jam blamed on electrical problem
A processor that powers the electrical control panel failed, and the bridge’s gates could not be raised until it was fixed, the Maine Department of Transportation says.
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Renowned Maine watercolorist DeWitt Hardy dies at 77
Shortly before his death, he attended an Ogunquit gala honoring his work and the work of others.
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Man injured in Acton motorcycle crash
Coady Smith, 23, of Springvale lost control of the vehicle on Hopper Road, the York County sheriff says.
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Head-on collision in Waterboro seriously injures 3
An SUV and a car collided on Route 5, the York County sheriff says.
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Brunswick police close street so ducks can get to the other side
The duck walk halts traffic on busy Mill Street.
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Woman who shot neighbor’s dog in Freeport won’t be charged, police say
The French mastiff was apparently chasing livestock when it was shot and killed.
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New Jersey man was driving 106 mph on Route 1 in Warren, police say
When he was pulled over, James Fischer told a sheriff’s deputy he thought he was driving 120 mph.
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Standish man injured when his vehicle is struck from behind
Michael Delcourt, 72, was waiting to turn into his driveway when his pickup was rear-ended, catapulting it into a stand of trees, police say.
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Two left homeless after fire damages home in Brunswick
The fire, which is not considered suspicious, broke out in a bathroom ventilator fan.