Police confirm that Daniel Abbott is married to the well-known Maine author.
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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Lake Region Middle School teacher dies in crash on Route 302 in Casco
Adam Perron, 29, is killed and another man is injured when a car and a box truck collide on the stretch between State Park and Tenney Hill roads.
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Joanne Twomey may skip LePage’s town hall forum in Biddeford
The former mayor who made headlines with a jar of Vaseline at last year’s forum in Saco is now a state Senate candidate and says her advisers have cautioned her against going to Tuesday’s event.
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Search for El Faro’s data recorder will resume today
The National Transportation Safety Board says the search will be conducted with help from the National Science Foundation and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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New housing coalition calls for halt to no-cause evictions in Portland
At an ’emergency’ session, advocates for the city’s most vulnerable residents air a list of demands meant to provide safeguards during the housing crunch.
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Maine lawmakers to honor couple who rescued mother, children from pond
Leonard and Rosemary Wallace of Steuben, who saved the family after the mother drove into Fox Pond, will be recognized with a ‘legislative sentiment.’
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Two teenagers charged with painting swastika, profanities on Scarborough home
Police say the action was not a hate crime, and the symbol was chosen for dramatic effect.
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Porcupine sculpture stolen from Portland jetport driveway
The woodland creature’s likeness is one of 10 that make up ‘Glimpse,’ an installation by artist Wendy Klemperer that was given to the city in 2011.
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Cape Elizabeth High School student dies of injuries from crash
The school’s principal notifies parents of the death of Cole Amorello, who was driving north on Old Ocean House Road when he crashed into trees early Saturday.
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‘No hesitation’ as Maine man rescues mother, 2 kids from sinking car
Leonard Wallace, 60, of Steuben was fishing in Hancock County when a car sailed over his head and plunged into a pond. That’s when ‘fear and adrenaline’ took over, he says.