Jeff Porter, Biddeford’s assistant superintendent, will be on board in Cumberland on July 1.
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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Train catches fire at South Portland rail yard
Firefighters extinguish the blaze quickly, but the locomotive still sustains significant damage.
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Saco house fire leaves three people homeless
Two firefighters are treated at a hospital after fighting the fire, blamed on cigarette smoking materials, at the Berry Road house.
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Maine prison inmate placed in isolation after killing
Inmate Richard Stahursky, who is alleged to have repeatedly stabbed another prisoner, is expected to be charged with murder, police say.
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Feature obituary: Mike Parker, 84, legendary type designer, print historian
He helped to shepherd the development of typography from hot metal to digital.
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Vehicle accident and fire delays traffic on Turnpike
The crash occurred in the northbound lanes near Wells.
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Man sought in rifle theft from Kittery Trading Post
The man bought ammunition, disassembled a rifle from a display rack, stashed it in his jacket and left, police say.
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A deadly gas, then ‘everything went black’ for Connecticut man in Maine
A broken nose suffered after passing out from carbon monoxide may have saved a man and his girlfriend at an Ogunquit resort.
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Hollis farmhouse destroyed by fire
Fire trucks were carrying water in from neighboring towns because there are no hydrants in the area.
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Three Bay State men arrested in Maine after high-speed chase
The driver faces multiple charges by Kittery and New Hampshire police.