About 200 people who gather to remember the Smith family hear messages to get help if they are having difficulties in their relationships.
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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Police chase suspect in Gorham
Officers and a police dog pursue a suspect wanted on a possible parole violation.
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Family discloses cause of Maine lawmaker’s death
Paul McGowan of York, who was praised by colleagues in the Legislature for his compassion and service, suffered with depression, his family says in his obituary.
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Tornado might have torn through southern Maine
From Massachusetts to Maine, trees are uprooted, homes are damaged and power is knocked out – but no deaths are reported.
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Lightning hits person at campgound in Naples
Officials say the victim is being treated after being struck at the Four Seasons Family Camping Area on Long Lake.
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Scarborough woman critically injured in crash in Saco
Police say Bronwyn Hoplight-Powers suffered internal injuries in a collision with a tow truck.
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Saco family of five killed, may be a murder-suicide
All five people found in an apartment had been shot to death, including children ages 12, 7 and 4. ‘All indications are that no one outside of the family was responsible for the deaths,’ said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
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Lewiston fire displaces 39 residents
The blaze damages a nine-unit apartment building on Blake Street.
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‘Good Morning America’ viewers pick Acadia as ‘favorite place’
They chose Acadia National Park over four other finalists, including Lake Tahoe and Glacier National Park in Montana.
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Maine wardens rescue two Gorham teens, Portland man
In separate incidents, the boys get lost on a mountain in Aroostook County, and the man suffers a medical problem while fishing.