But the National Weather Service says there was no cause for concern.
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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North Berwick man critically injured after speeding off bridge in Lebanon
State Trooper Mike Lane said the man, who was operating a new Chrysler 200 sedan, was travelling well over the 25 mph speed limit when it hit a guardrail and landed in a river.
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Autopsy results expected soon in 4 deaths at remote Maine cabin
Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected of killing the young adults from Massachusetts who were staying in Byron in Oxford County.
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Two injured by lightning strikes in Maine
A motorist and a volunteer firefighter were hurt when a utility pole and a home were hit by lightning in the Oxford County town of Denmark, the fire chief says.
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Man rescued after canoe capsizes on Saco River
The 55-year-old Massachusetts resident suffered head and knee injuries, Fryeburg police say.
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Severe thunderstorms, damaging hail pound western Maine, York County
Hundreds of lightning strikes and hail as large as baseballs hit the area Sunday night, the National Weather Service says.
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Woman hurt in crash on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth
Police say the driver may have had a medical problem before she crashed.
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Amber Alert issued for N.H. boy allegedly abducted by father
Police say Jeremiah Grant, a registered sex offender from Maine who now lives in Somersworth, New Hampshire, took his son and may have headed for Maine.
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Westbrook man charged with killing teenager at Portland recording studio
Johnny Ouch, 20, is accused of murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Trey Arsenault in May, and police won’t say if more arrests will follow.
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Maine track star Kate Hall tells Senate committee of challenges posed by diabetes
Hall and 10-year-old Isabelle Levesque of Arundel testify before the Senate Committee on Aging, led by Sen. Susan Collins.