Police recover building materials, power tools, chain saws, routers, drills and a lawnmower.
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.
Posted inElections, News, Politics
UNH group stands by bear poll results
A recent poll showing opposition to a hunting ban used language from the failed 2004 referendum.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Ex-Passamaquoddy finance director sentenced in embezzlement
Charles Fourcloud is sentenced to 18 months in prison and is ordered to pay $22,571 in restitution.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Gorham’s longest-serving police chief to retire with townwide tour
Ronald W. Shepard will get a send-off that includes a police cruiser lineup on the Route 112 bypass on Nov. 4.
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Student carrying wooden parade rifle causes stir in Wells
Police search woods near the town’s schools after getting reports of a man dressed in camouflage carrying a rifle.
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Westbrook woman in Hello Kitty costume charged with driving drunk
The woman told a Gorham police officer that she had been at a Halloween party.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Storm cuts power to hundreds of Maine homes and businesses
Rain from a nor’easter stalled off Cape Cod is expected to intensify before easing late Thursday.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Nor’easter expected to give Maine a serious soaking
‘We are the bull’s-eye for this storm,’ which will dump 4 inches on nearly all of the state.
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Police seek purse snatcher in Naples
The man ambushed a woman in the parking lot of the Umbrella Factory Supermarket.
Posted inNews
Maine Rapper Spose has equipment stolen while on tour
The Wells-based artist says $30,000 worth of valuables were taken from his van in St. Louis.