It’s not clear how the women, all inmates at the Maine Correctional Women’s Center in Windham, got enough of the cold medicine to require treatment at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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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Teenage girl reported missing in Saco
Police are asking for the public to help them locate 16-year-old Elexis Rose.
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Panel recommends repeal of plastic bag fee in Portland
A City Council subcommittee urges doing away with the city’s 5-cent bag fee on single-use bags to comply with a new state law that will take effect on Earth Day, April 22.
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Louisiana woman arrested in York County on drunk driving charges
The woman had to be carefully removed from the wreck after her SUV became entangled in utility pole wires.
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Scarborough police seek driver of pickup truck who stole trailer
Police say the trailer was stolen Feb. 14 from Southern Maine Remodeling on Mussey Road.
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Federal agency grants Downeaster $17 million for upgrades
The money will be spent on improvements to the passenger rail service in Wells, North Berwick and Brunswick.
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Rain, high winds disrupt power, rough up coastal Maine
The storm also dumped up to a foot of snow in the mountains, but skies cleared and bright sunshine appeared over southern Maine by Thursday afternoon, and power outages declined significantly.
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Portland seeks way to finish school renovations despite funding shortage
Rising construction costs mean the district will need at least $21 million more than the $64.3 million bond approved by voters to renovate the Longfellow, Lyseth, Presumpscot and Reiche elementary schools.
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Council committee recommends leash restrictions for Baxter Woods
The proposal, which now goes to the City Council, would require dogs to be leashed at all times from April through July, and allow them off leash only in morning and evening hours the rest of the year.
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Student charged with making bomb threat at Lake Region High School
The 15-year-old is charged with terrorizing after school officials are forced to evacuate the school.