Police say the man entered Shaw’s Supermarket at the Falmouth Shopping Center on Saturday morning and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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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Portland police ask for help solving case of missing girl last seen in 1971
On the 52nd anniversary of when 16-year-old Cathy Marie Moulton was reported missing, authorities are seeking the public’s help. Moulton was last seen on Forest Avenue.
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Portland mayoral candidates try to earn votes in one of first debates
Housing affordability, homelessness and the scope of mayoral powers were the hot topics discussed by Pious Ali, Justin Costa, Mark Dion, Dylan Pugh and Andrew Zarro at Portand Public Library Wednesday night.
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Texas Republican files suit in effort to keep Trump off Maine’s presidential ballot
John Anthony Castro, a write-in Republican presidential candidate, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Portland seeking to disqualify the former president from the 2024 ballot, alleging that he violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Authorities identify body found in South Portland as Freeport woman, say she was killed
Danielle Goodwin, 52, was found near Clarks Pond Parkway on Tuesday. Investigators are seeking help locating the vehicle Goodwin was last seen in, a blue 2016 Honda CRV with Maine license plate 2773VM
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Canaan man convicted of murdering girlfriend dies at Maine prison
Shannon Atwood, whose earliest possible release date would have been August 2054, died Thursday morning at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston.
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State police investigating death of woman in South Portland
Authorities say the woman’s body was found Tuesday afternoon in woods near the Home Depot on Clark’s Pond Parkway.
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Shark filmed swimming off Hermit Island in Phippsburg
Marine scientists who viewed the video say it’s likely a blue shark, though one said it could be a thresher shark.
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State to begin removing homeless encampment near I-295 in Portland
The site is on state-owned land alongside the northbound off ramp at Forest Avenue and near the Deering Oaks baseball diamond.
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Florida mother kills 2 children, herself over court order to return son to father in Maine, sheriff says
Brandy Hutchins killed her children after a court ordered her to turn over custody of 10-year-old Aiden Hutchins to her ex-husband, Nick Hutchins, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says.