They are accused of smashing car windows, stealing items, tagging property with graffiti and breaking into a vacant house.
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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Voters choose to close Cornish Elementary, keep open Baldwin Elementary
The district school board had recommended that both schools be closed in order to reduce education costs.
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Freeport Flag Lady released from hospital
Carmen Footer, 72, is one of three women who have honored U.S. troops every Tuesday since September 2011, but has recently been sidelined by heart surgery.
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Portland park will close for two weeks of tree work
The city will close Pine Grove Park while a forest management team thins the wooded area.
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Kerosene spills near wetland in Old Orchard Beach
Firefighters contain most of the small spill using absorbent booms.
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National Weather Service issues flood watch for western and coastal Maine
Heavy rainfall and melting snow may cause the Androscoggin, Saco and Kennebec rivers to reach flood stage on Monday.
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Census shows only 4 Maine counties gained population
Cumberland County was the fastest-growing county in the state during the year from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013.
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Portland arts center could grow out of city, artist, university collaboration
The proposal calls for reusing two city-owned buildings for a new creative arts and technology center.
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Windham police seek witnesses in fatal crash
They are trying to piece together what happened March 9 when a Portland man was killed in a head-on accident.
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New Lewiston film festival to supplant canceled one
The Lewiston Auburn Film Festival unraveled when its director was arrested on child pornography charges.