The boy, known as Patrick, has leukemia. He’s the son of a Secret Service agent close to the Bush family.
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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Portland OKs waterfront building for non-marine tenants
The Pierce Atwood law firm receives city approval to lease part of their space to a restaurant and other non-marine uses.
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Proposed Portland rock climbing gym gets solid review
Evolution Rock and Fitness wants to build an indoor rock climbing gym on Warren Avenue.
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Some Kennebunk residents may not get Internet, phone back until Wednesday
A defective marine cable in the Kennebunk River was too difficult to fix, and FairPoint is switching customers to an above-ground, fiber-optic cable.
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Heat, threat of bad weather impact clam festival attendance
Festival organizers estimate attendance was down by about 30 percent.
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Indiana man jailed after high-speed chase in Windham
Windham police say the man crashed his van into another vehicle, sending two girls to a hospital.
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Experienced Maine horse rider thrown, critically injured
The woman’s family said the horse apparently was ‘spooked by several birds.’
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Van strikes commercial lawn mower on Maine highway
The accident takes place Sunday afternoon on Carl Broggi Highway in Lebanon.
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Fore River drowning victim identified as 49-year-old Portland man
PORTLAND — City officials have identified the man who apparently drowned Friday night while swimming in the Fore River. Nicole Clegg, spokeswoman for the city of Portland, identified the victim as 49-year-old Patrick Flynn of Portland. An examination of Flynn’s body by the state Medical Examiner’s Office had not been completed as of Sunday. […]