Police say the man, who also shot himself, may have been worried about his son’s care in the future.
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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Biddeford’s Franco festival won’t be canceled
The La Kermesse event will be moved indoors and scaled back, with no parade or fireworks.
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Feature Obituary: Elizabeth Russell, 75, enthusiastic gardener, adoring spouse
KENNEBUNKPORT – Their love for each other was so strong that it carried them through the tragic death of their first child and through several illnesses that included breast cancer and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. When Elizabeth “Betty” Russell died Saturday at age 75 from complications of dementia, she left behind a loving husband who still talks […]
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Missing Standish woman is found
A Standish woman who has been missing since April 20 turned up in Standish tonight, unharmed
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Commission moves to separate two mayoral questions on ballot
The move is intended to reduce voter confusion over whether to elect a mayor and how to do it.
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Governor asked, they answered
Gov. Baldacci responds to a loss of funding for Preble Street by holding a benefit supper in Portland.
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Portland gun event aims to showit’s legal to pack heat
The organizer says at least 20 gun owners are expected to gather at Back Cove on April 25 to support the open-carry movement.
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Body of missing snowmobiler found
Fishermen have located the body of Richard “Shaw” Jackson, 18, of China, who had been reported missing while snowmobiling Jan. 1.
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Homeowner cited in Raymond fire
The man is summonsed for burning yard debris without a permit after a wooded area is destroyed.
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Standish car accident leavesone boy seriously injured
A single car crash on the Manchester Road in Standish sent a teenaged boy to the hospital with serious injuries this afternoon