More than 600 people attend a ‘listening session’ at the University of Southern Maine 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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Sens. Collins, King seek evidence of Trump’s wiretapping claims
Maine’s two U.S. senators, both members of the Intelligence Committee, stress the importance of getting to the bottom of the president’s unsubstantiated allegations.
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Winds cause power outages, usher frigid air into Maine
At point Thursday afternoon, more than 8,000 Central Maine Power Co. customers were without electricity.
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Protesters supporting transgender rights decry repeal of federal protections
About 150 people protest the Trump administration’s decision, which rally organizers say has caused stress and fear.
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Maine’s members of Congress find areas of agreement in president’s speech
They are encouraged by Trump’s call to create jobs and lower the cost of prescription drugs.
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Hearing on renaming Franklin Street bares old scar, panel seeks to honor MLK another way
At a public hearing Tuesday night, residents recall the pain and disruption for neighborhood families caused 50 years ago by the city’s creation of the Franklin Street Arterial.
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Police say man tried to grab officer’s gun in Windham struggle
Richard Dean Valliere of New Gloucester was arrested and charged with refusing to submit to arrest, assault on an officer and disorderly conduct.
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Portland police say man who died in West End is homicide victim
Police say the man found slumped over in a car on Chadwick Street is the city’s first homicide victim of 2017.
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Three people arrested after violent incident at South Portland motel
A female victim was left ‘badly beaten and bleeding’ at the motel, and police tracked the suspects to an apartment complex in Riverton.
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Money stolen from dozens of accounts at Belfast bank
A skimmer device was placed on an ATM at the Downeast Credit Union branch in Belfast, police say.