A woman on her morning walk discovered the machine Tuesday and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office investigated.
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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Professor, UNE reach settlement in sexual harassment lawsuit
Lara Carlson had said department chairman Paul Visich retaliated after she accused him of making inappropriate comments, sending inappropriate emails and touching her inappropriately in 2012.
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About 30 vehicles slide off Interstate 95 after tractor-trailer jackknifes near Etna
Authorities say there were only minor injuries in the pileup, which was caused by a change in weather exacerbated by a snow squall that created whiteout conditions.
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Winter hasn’t arrived but the snow sure has, and bitter cold is next
A blustery arctic front will move in right behind the 7-8 inches of snow that fell Tuesday over southern Maine, dropping the wind chill to below zero on Thanksgiving.
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John Ford Sr., retired game warden who wrote ‘Suddenly, the Cider,’ dies at 71
The Brooks resident and former Waldo County sheriff was known as a master storyteller and dynamic person.
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Bitter cold will visit Maine on Thanksgiving
Temperatures could drop into the single digits, and Portland’s daytime high may reach only 22 degrees.
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State police nab runaway pig on Interstate 95 in Palmyra
The animal had been seen several times over the past week, but eluded its pursuers until Wednesday.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Maine Warden Service blames hunters for getting stuck in bog
A spokesman says the group that became stranded in New Gloucester exhibited ‘poor decision making’ and a ‘lack of planning.’
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Naples couple charged with drug trafficking
Jason R. Dailey and Taylor Bell are arrested after officers respond to a report of a suspicious vehicle.
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LePage says he may run against Mills in 4 years if she doesn’t expand Medicaid ‘sustainably’
A spokesman for the governor-elect insists it will be sustainable and says ‘the people of Maine have spoken.’