Ahmed Duale, 27, of Lewiston was arrested after his vehicle collided with a Maine State Police cruiser in Greenland, N.H.
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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Market set to open in Monument Square next month
Monument Square Market, a spring and summer public market, will open May 19.
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Three people facing trafficking charges accused of hiding fentanyl in cans of beans
The arrests took place Wednesday in the Penobscot County town of Corinth, where police say they seized 2.8 pounds of fentanyl.
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Author and psychologist Jonathan Haidt to deliver UNE commencement address
The University of New England’s 187th commencement exercise will be held on May 21.
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Gov. Mills says Maine economy is on the right track
Investments in job creation, high-speed internet and an influx of new residents are setting the state up for future growth, the Democrat said during a conversation at the Roux Institute on Fore Street.
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Kennebunk voters soundly defeat effort to recall school board member
The effort to recall Tim Stentiford failed by a 1,716-516 margin, Kennebunk Town Clerk Merton Brown said late Tuesday.
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Gorham installing cameras to capture drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses
The cameras will automatically record license plate numbers of vehicles that illegally pass a stopped bus with its red lights flashing.
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Russian-born opera singer to perform in Yarmouth to benefit Ukraine
Pavel Sulyandziga will perform twice Tuesday as he raises funds to ship medical supplies to victims of the Russian invasion.
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Judge seals documents related to Eliot Cutler’s arrest on child porn charges
Justice Robert Murray grants the motions that will keep details of the accusations against the former gubernatorial candidate a secret until he is indicted by a grand jury or makes his first court appearance on May 3.
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Man convicted of brutally murdering West Gardiner teen dies in prison
Michael Boucher, 71, died Sunday morning at the Maine State Prison in Warren, according to the Maine Department of Corrections