Don Twiggs, who is accused of buying drugs in Massachusetts to be sold in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, was arrested at the I-95 Newport exit Monday.
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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Mainers approve transportation bond, pension fund amendment
Questions 3 and 4 on the state ballot pass easily Tuesday.
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Fire in Portland apartment building displaces 13 tenants
No one is injured in the fire at 3 Sherman St., but the residents are moved out because of the smell.
Posted inFeature Obituary, Local & State, Nation & World, News
Robert Palmer Coles Jr. of Machias, who took decisive action at Pearl Harbor, dies at 93
Though trained as a radioman, he took up a machine gun and fired at Japanese torpedo bombers from the deck of a destroyer during the attack.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Living without power wears thin for those still in the dark
While life has returned to normal for most of the 470,000 Central Maine Power customers who lost electricity because of the Oct. 30 storm, others were still roughing it a week later.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Busy section of Forest Avenue to close for Portland storm drain project
The road between Marginal Way and Interstate 295 will be shut down from the night of Nov. 10 until the morning of Nov. 13.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Mercy Hospital to pay $1.5 million to settle federal complaint
The Portland hospital overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for drug-screening tests conducted at its now-closed Mercy Recovery Center in Westbrook from 2011 to 2013, court documents say.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Phone scammer tells Mainers they missed jury duty, demands money to avoid arrest
The caller identifies himself as Lt. Vance Berry with the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, but the sheriff says the office employs no one by that name.
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More road work to close key State Street intersection in Portland
Beginning Thursday, the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and State Street will be closed for one month, as will State Street between Cumberland Avenue and Deering Street.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Police seek hunters’ help in search for 2 people
Diana Estey of Medford has been missing for almost a year, and Russell Burnett of Franklin disappeared in February.