The Attorney General’s Office and an outside police agency are looking into a complaint filed by a Black Portland attorney.
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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U.S. Senate candidates face off at debate in Presque Isle
Incumbent Susan Collins and challengers Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn field questions on the drought, climate change, saving the USPS and pandemic relief.
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Amtrak Downeaster hits person on tracks east of Wells
Amtrak says the person who was hit by the train Monday afternoon was trespassing, but offers no details on whether the person was killed or injured.
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York police identify victim of fatal motorcycle crash
Paul M. Amelotte, 52, of York died when his motorcycle collided with an SUV, police say.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State, News
Another Portland restaurant is forced to shut its doors
The operators of Lio say the financial challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have proved too difficult to overcome.
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Maine Med nurse credited with helping save life of injured motorcyclist
The accident on I-295 in Portland left a South Portland man with severe leg injuries, but state police say the nurse applied a tourniquet to slow the bleeding.
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Game wardens recover body of missing Portland man
The Maine Warden Service says it found the body of Samuel Kern Saturday night on Pleasant Mountain.
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Two young men die in fiery crash in York County
Jacob Dupuis, 20, of Gorham and Henry O’Neill, 19, of Standish were killed when the truck they were in left the road, hit a tree and burst into flames.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Kennebunk High School student tests positive for COVID-19
School officials say they do not believe anyone else at the high school was exposed, and the student hasn’t been at the school since Sept. 12.
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Black Lives Matter Maine protests grand jury decision in killing of Breonna Taylor
The peaceful protest in Portland came after a grand jury in Kentucky did not hand up murder indictments against 3 Louisville police officers involved in the shooting in March.