A Portland ambulance is towed after colliding with a sports utility vehicle tonight at York and Center streets.
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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Maryland man killed in single-car crash on Maine Turnpike
A 65-year-old man dies Thursday night when his Toyota Prius drifts off the Maine Turnpike and hits a tree.
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Leave police coverage as is, islanders say
The Peaks Island Council meets to gauge response to budget proposals.
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Petition may force vote on Bath field turf
Councilors must decide tonight if borrowing $300,000 for McMann Field will go to referendum.
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Falmouth town center headed for fall ballot
Voters may decide whether the town will borrow $4 million to help pay for the complex.
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Feature Obituary: Dr. Robert Sommer, 76, shared a love of outdoors with his children
FALMOUTH — It was a hard decision for his parents, as family letters showed. Should they send their 6-year-old boy to live with strangers in England, protecting him from the Nazis, who had occupied Vienna, Austria, and arrested his father? The decision was made in 1939 to send Robert Georg Sommer to live with a […]
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Man arrested after car chase through Portland
Police say the incident began in South Portland when a state trooper tried to pull over a motorist.
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Shop Talk: Looking for profitsin ‘trash to treasure’
Q: What is Atayne (pronounced attain)? Jeremy Litchfield, founder/owner of Atayne: Atayne makes high performing outdoor and athletic apparel that is safe for people and the planet. Most people do not realize how harmful the apparel industry is on the environment. The industry is based on disposability and planned obsolescence. This creates a tremendous amount […]
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Concerns about blasting’s effect on river shared
DEP officials won’t say whether Pike Industries’ blasting rock might lead to pollution of Stroudwater.
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Obama’s speech at Expothe hottest ticket in town
Access to see the president will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.