Most of the outages from snapped utility poles and downed lines are in Washington County.
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.
Gretchen Speed loses out to Tripp Hurt in running name game
The Portland woman was in the running, so to speak, for the coolest name in the sport.
Feature obituary: Jean Hoffenkamp, 66, massage therapist, had a passion for justice
She founded Save Our Water, a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of Maine’s resource.
Two men dead after shooting in Biddeford
The incident was reported at an apartment house on Western Avenue, Maine State Police say.
Portland woman in championship round for ‘Best Name in Running’
What’s in a name? A runner called Gretchen Speed
Power line catches fire in downtown Portland
The incident caused more than 300 customers in the surrounding area to lose electrical service.
Acclaimed Maine country singer Betty Cody dies at 92
She chose family over Nashville at the height of her career.
Thunderstorms in parts of Maine cause flooding, power outages
Rumford is hit hard as 4 to 6 inches of rain cause roads to collapse.
Grad student IDs rare Tennyson photo in South Berwick
USM student Robin Whitham Acker identified the 19th-century photograph of the famed poet on a wall at the Sarah Orne Jewett House.
Deputy injures knee restraining naked pedestrian in Edgecomb
The man, who police say was suffering from a medical issue, was walking on Route 1.