The resignation of David Creech sparked an uproar in Scarborough this year that led to the recall of three school board members.
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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Antique automobile stolen from home in Nobleboro
The 1930 Ford Model A Coupe was discovered missing on Aug. 15, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says.
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Report touts immigrants’ economic contributions to Greater Portland
A study done with the Portland Regional Chamber finds foreign-born residents pumped $1.2 billion into the area’s economy in 2016.
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Most wanted New Hampshire fugitive arrested in Windham
Michael Mendoza was a passenger in a car that was stopped on Route 302, Maine State Police say.
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Motorists advised to avoid area of accident in Naples
The crash at routes 302/11 leaves at least one person trapped inside the vehcle.
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Two-car crash on turnpike in Gray injures 8
The cause of the accident, which was reported around 8 p.m., remains under investigation.
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LePage hospitalized after ‘experiencing discomfort’
He first went to a hospital in New Brunswick while visiting family there, then was transferred to Presque Isle and finally Eastern Maine Medical Center, a spokesman says.
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Work-release inmate who failed to report for job taken into custody at Maine Mall
Cumberland County Jail officials don’t indicate what Jeremiah Gamblin, 19, of Vassalboro was doing when he was located at the South Portland shopping center.
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Windham family trying to raise money to bring son’s remains back to Maine
Eight people received organs donated by Army veteran James Caputi, 25, who died Sunday in a motorcycle crash in Virginia.
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Maine State Police now doubt truck driver’s report of shooting incident on I-95
The driver hauling water for Poland Spring said he had been shot at by men in a red car and then robbed by them, but police say evidence and interviews indicate the incident did not occur as the driver reported.