At least four fights involving juveniles and set up by adults took place last month, police say.
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 library branches appear likely to stay open
City Manager Rees backs the spending plan presented to the council’s Finance Committee.
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City OKs Mumford & Sons concert on Eastern Prom
More than 12,000 fans are expected for the Aug. 4 outdoor show by the British folk-rockers.
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Blaze leaves Saco family homeless
It is the second major fire in Saco over the weekend, but officials say the two do not appear related.
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Feature obituary: Helen Wentworth, 106, held Acton’s Boston Post Gold Cane
It was a question that her friends, her former students, and her family would often ask: What was Helen Dunnells Wentworth’s secret to living such a long life? “She’d say, ‘I really don’t know,’ ” her daughter, Joyce Cunningham of Acton, recalled. Mrs. Wentworth died Thursday, just two days shy of what would have been […]
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Investigation intensifies after 3rd arson in Gorham
The Gorham Sno Goers clubhouse and two unoccupied homes have been damaged or destroyed by arson in the past week.
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Gun toting teen forces police to shut down Main Street in Cornish
Police respond after a neighbor reports someone pointing a rifle at her home
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Popular teacher, 26, killed in crash
Band teacher Elizabeth Polletto was on her way to work at a middle school in Gray when her car slid into an oncoming truck.
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Nan Cumming headed to the Maine Island Trail Association
The former Executive Director of Portland Trails will become Campaign Director for the Maine Island Trail Association
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Catholic Diocese to hold day of prayer, penance for abuse victims
In Portland, the day will be recognized by Bishop Richard Malone with a celebration of Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.