The 12-year-old Lebanon girl attacked by two pit bulls Saturday afternoon is expected to recover from her injuries.
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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Bill cites cruelty, seeks to ban horse slaughter
The plan also would prevent transport of horses through Maine to plants in Canada that would turn them into food.
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Wathen advises asking if Mom would approve
The chairman of the board of the Maine Turnpike Authority speaks out at an ethics symposium.
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Penalties increased for illegal harvesting of Maine elvers
“This was a necessary step … after the selling price for elvers changed and this gold rush mentality developed,” says one state senator.
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Woman punished for blowing whistle on Old Orchard finances
A Maine Human Rights Commission report notes that former employee Kelly Roy ‘had reasonable cause’ to see irregularities.
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LePage allows alewives bill to become law
The 18-year-old blockade on the St. Croix River will be lifted in a few days after LePage opts not to veto the bill.
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South Portland police say TD Bank robbed at gunpoint
No shots are fired but the robber escapes with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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John ‘Jack’ Vallely, 61, enjoyed helping those in need
Vallely traveled to areas struck by disasters for work and was generous in his personal life.
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Portland police say there is nothing suspicious about man’s death
Portland police say the man died inside his vehicle on Forest Avenue early Sunday morning.
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S. Portland to let farmers set up again
The farmers market will return to Hinckley Drive despite past problems.