Joseph Bryon Martin, a retired pastor from Dresden and the victim of a ‘romance scam,’ was arrested in Spain with 1.4 kilograms of cocaine.
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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Mercy Hospital’s longtime president and CEO set to resign March 31
Eileen Skinner, who has been with the Portland hospital since 2002, says, ‘I need a break.’
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First mumps case reported in Maine since 2013
Maine health officials are exploring whether the case – in a student at the University of Southern Maine – is linked to cases at a college in New Hampshire.
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Car crashes into Sawyer Street home in South Portland
Police say the house’s stone porch stopped the car, preventing it from going into the living room.
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Windham family loses home, several pets, to fire
By the time firefighters arrived, the fire had spread to the home from a garage.
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Kidney donor, recipient meet face to face on eve of transplant
Linda Deming, Amber McIntyre and their spouses have dinner before surgery that the ailing Deming says she never thought was going to happen.
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Freeport police and fire chiefs announce they are retiring
Jerry Schofield has been police chief since 1988 and Fire Chief Darrel Fournier has held his post for more than 20 years.
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Millinocket man charged with manslaughter in baby’s death
Jessee Mackin is arrested in connection with the death of 6-month-old Larry Lord Jr., who was unresponsive when he arrived at the hospital on May 7 of last year.
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Several Portland businesses support reactivating noise panel
The recommendation is among several being weighed by a committee studying ways to resolve disputes over late-night noise downtown.
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York Hospital reports data breach affecting its employees
The FBI is called in after cyber criminals gain access to the personal information of hundreds of employees, including Social Security numbers.