With severe drought conditions and soaring temperatures flash-frying lawns around the southern Maine coast, homeowners can perhaps take comfort in not having to mow their brown, crunchy grass as often.
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 sets new record high temperature Sunday
The high of 96 degrees snapped the old record for Aug. 7, 93, set more than two decades ago.
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Intense heat in Maine likely will last until Tuesday, forecasters say
Sanford reported the state’s highest temperature on Thursday, coming in at a blistering 99 degrees.
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Standish driver who collided with dump truck is in critical condition
Rebecca McVety, 32, is being treated at Maine Medical Center. Her 2-year-old daughter was seriously injured in the crash, but her condition was not available Thursday night.
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Standish man identified as victim of fatal motorcycle crash
Steven Lemieux, 67, was killed Wednesday morning after his bike collided with a motor vehicle near the Nonesuch Golf Course on Route 114.
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Portland fire crews quell blaze that burned along edge of woods at Evergreen Cemetery
The fire burned about two acres along the edge of the woods early Thursday night, Portland Fire Marshal Jason Grant said.
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Wayward bird seen off the coast of Maine
The breeding range for the tufted puffin normally extends from northern California to Alaska, eastern Russia and northern Japan, and they are rarely seen in Maine.
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Mother, daughter seriously injured when car collides with dump truck in Standish
Rebecca McVety, 32, of Standish was transported by Lifeflight helicopter to a Portland hospital with life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
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Inmate dies at Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren
Christopher Wilson, 49, who was serving a 10-year sentence for aggravated drug trafficking, died Monday.
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Authorities locate teen who had been missing since Saturday night
Asia Brown, 16, who has autism, was found Monday night, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety said.