Penny and Ken Kacere of Spurwink Road got photos of the animal in their backyard, then made the photos public to alert residents.
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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Maine man charged with murdering his father
Zachery Grant, whose father was found dead on May 12, is arrested after his release from the hospital where he was treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Fire at Falmouth office building destroys two cars
Officials say the fire started in a parking lot at TD Bank’s operations center when cigarette butts were thrown into a pile of mulch.
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Mercy Hospital to close substance abuse treatment center, cut 45 jobs
Losing the Westbrook center will reduce options for addiction treatment at a time when Maine overdose deaths are rising, and other hospitals could shut their units.
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Officials say the Downeaster is unlikely to get cameras this year
Amtrak is focusing on installing inward-facing cameras in its locomotives on the Northeast corridor.
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NOAA vessel spills oil in Piscataqua River, cleanup underway
The spill occurred while the vessel was moored at New Castle, New Hampshire.
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Portland studio owner says shooting victim wasn’t targeted
Ron Hargrove tells the media that Treyjon Arsenault ‘was just hanging’ at Da Block Records, whose reputation has been hurt by the incident.
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Authorities investigating how Maine teenager died during fishing trip
Darren Clement, 18, of Medford was found in a brook in Rainbow Township on Sunday night after separating from his uncle and cousin.
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Boy Scouts’ president praised in Maine for stand against ban on gays
The state’s largest Boy Scout organization already has a policy that says sexual orientation should not be a factor in any scouting activity.
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Interstate 95 bridge in northern Maine damaged by crash
Police say a tree limber that was too high on a trailer hit the Smyrna Road bridge in Oakfield, and the repair job could force a lane closure all summer.