David Hench

Staff Writer

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February 7, 2014

Crews cleaning fuel spill near Maine aquaculture facility

A barge that leaked fuel into the Damariscotta River will be removed from the rocks Saturday.
Published
February 7, 2014

Surge of graffiti in winter mars Maine cities, gets police attention

Portland and South Portland officials work to thwart a tagging culture that commits vandalism and calls it art.
Published
February 6, 2014

MaineGeneral Health’s new Narcan program aims to stop overdose deaths

The health care group plans to distribute 500 emergency opiate overdose kits to at-risk patients starting in March.
Published
February 5, 2014

Snowstorm adds to Portland’s above-average snow totals

The daylong storm slows commutes, as more than 8 inches blankets much of southern and western Maine.
Published
February 4, 2014

Fall from bridge onto frozen Saco River injures man

The man falls up to 40 feet from a railroad bridge near Biddeford High School.
Published
February 4, 2014

South Portland offers reward for arrest of I-295 graffiti vandal

An anonymous donor contributes $5,000 toward a fund to help identify the vandal and others who mar public property with graffiti.
Published
February 4, 2014

Maine Turnpike crash leaves truck looking like ‘twisted tin can’

There are only minor injuries, but the cab of a tractor-trailer is destroyed.
Published
February 4, 2014

Firefighters on the scene of a fire in Saco

Crews were called to the fire on Blueberry Avenue at 8:30 a.m.
Published
February 4, 2014

New Gloucester home badly damaged by fire

A baby sitter gets out safely with a 4-year-old child after reporting smoke and a possible problem with a wood stove.
Published
February 4, 2014

As Maine heroin overdoses soar, a life-saving drug is within reach

Health officials and a legislator work to make Narcan, which reverses the effects of opioids, more available in emergencies.

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