Authorities say the deaths of a 51-year-old woman on Windham Center Road and a 62-year-old man on Mineral Spring Road were reported within an hour of each other but do not appear to be suspicious.
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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Rosalyne Spindel Bernstein, beloved Portland arts supporter and civic leader, dies at 90
She helped make the Portland Museum of Art a top cultural and educational destination during six decades on its board, and was a major supporter of Bowdoin College.
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Two arrested on drug charges after police raid Scarborough home
Tyler Smith, of Gorham, and Andrew Flanders, of North Yarmouth, are taken into custody Wednesday.
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CMP bills will include explanation of 13.7% rate hikes
The company says higher prices for electricity are being charged by generators, not by CMP, which charges only for delivering power to customers.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Waterboro man charged with assaulting his girlfriend and their child on Christmas
Matthew Gurskis, 39, is also charged with resisting arrest after allegedly kicking a police cruiser as he was being detained.
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Police seek to identify driver of car who caused pickup to roll over on Maine Turnpike
The collision occurred Sunday afternoon in the southbound lanes in Biddeford, a state trooper says.
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Scarborough police turn to poetry to deter holiday burglaries
Inspired by ‘The Night Before Christmas,’ they post ‘A Scarborough Burglar’s Christmas’ on Facebook.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Portland man sentenced to 14 years for assaulting 8-week-old daughter
Brandon Coleman caused ‘severe and permanent’ injuries to the girl in July 2017, prosecutors say.
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Collins tells Fox News about threats and harassment during Kavanaugh hearings
Maine’s Republican senator said ‘it was unlike anything I’ve ever seen in all the years that I have been privileged to serve in the Senate.’
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King joins 48 senators calling for president to condemn Texas judge’s ACA ruling
Republican Sen. Susan Collins did not sign the letter released Wednesday, but said she disagreed with the judge’s finding that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.