The popular fair will open Sunday with bull riding, pig races and a demolition derby.
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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Girl involved in I-295 crash remains critical
The condition of the girl’s mother injured in the Bowdoinham crash is listed as satisfactory.
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Coast Guard searching for missing Maine fishing vessel
The mayday call Sunday evening originated off Mount Desert Rock.
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Mother, child seriously injured in I-295 accident
The crash delays southbound traffic for nearly three hours.
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Windham police say copper pipe thieves caused propane gas leak
The thieves cut a propane line in a vacant home they targeted for its copper piping.
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Parents of murdered Glenburn girl to appear on ‘Dr. Phil’
Nichole Cable was abducted and killed in May, allegedly by a man she met on Facebook.
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Improper disposal of smoking materials blamed for South Portland fire
The fire does not cause a lot of damage but should serve as a reminder to the public to use caution when throwing cigarettes away.
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Violent storms wreak havoc across Maine
They leave fires, outages and signs of tornado, with more than more than 1,000 lightning strikes per hour at one point.
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‘Dangerous lightning storm’ thrashes Portland, sends man to hospital
The weather service issues a flash-flood watch for much of southern Maine, causing power outages and downed trees.
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Drug agents arrest three in Maine cocaine bust
Two of the alleged drug traffickers are from Biddeford.