A mother and her son escape safely, but their home and personal belongings are a total loss after a fire destroys their Bowdoin home
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.
MaineToday Media names Washington bureau chief
Jonathan Riskind, a veteran political reporter and editor, has been named the Washington bureau chief for MaineToday Media Inc. As the newspaper’s Washington-based reporter, Riskind will write stories for all MaineToday Media publications, which include The Portland Press Herald, the Maine Sunday Telegram, the Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the weekly Coastal Journal in […]
Police seek rapport with gay community
At a forum in Portland, Chief James Craig says he wants to improve communication.
Beware kerosene-gas mixture sold in Gorham
A delivery of gasoline was mistakenly pumped into a kerosene tank Tuesday at the Little Mart store on Route 202.
Feature Obituary: Elizabeth McKee, 28, loving wife, mother, teacher
Her family and friends struggle to describe how a woman could have had such an impact on so many people in such a short life. “It’s unusual to go through elementary school, middle school, high school and college and never have a bad word said about a child. Only praise. It was like she was […]
Biddeford rally stands up for diversity
About 50 people gather for a vigil 10 days after a racially motivated attack left a black man severely beaten.
New chairman: State Democrats ready to ‘dig in’
The Portland lawyer, elected Sunday, is hoping to limit GOP control to two years while rebuilding the base.
Feature Obituary: Marie E. Clancy, 85, force behind veterans cemetery
In August, she sat front and center as officials dedicated the 89-acre cemetery she worked so hard to develop. As a final gesture of thanks, the backers of the Southern Maine Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Sanford named the cemetery’s main entrance road after her. Clancy Way was a fitting tribute to the woman who did […]
Police in Maine and New Hampshire looking into pharmacy robberies
Police in Maine and New Hampshire are investigating whether the same person robbed pharmacies in their states today
Portland man elected chairman of the Maine Democratic Party
AUGUSTA – Members of Maine’s Democratic Party met in Augusta today where they elected 33-year-old Benjamin K. Grant of Portland to serve as party chairman.