Demonstrators remained silent for the first 30 minutes but then began speaking of their fears that Trump administration policies could lead to a totalitarian state.
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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Here’s how Maine’s ballot question on universal home care will read
A group opposing Question 1 argues that the initiative, which would raise taxes on wealthy Mainers to pay for home care for the elderly and disabled, violates the Maine Constitution.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Car crashes into florist shop in downtown Portland
No one was injured, but traffic was diverted for about a half-hour as police responded.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
New Yorker who killed Biddeford man in drug dispute found not guilty of murder
Attorneys for Timothy Ortiz, 22, argued that he acted in self-defense in the 2016 shooting death of Jonathan Methot.
Posted inLocal & State
Condition of Naples man injured last week in car crash improves
The head-on collision in Naples killed 53-year-old Jamie Mantz and her mother, 80-year-old Carol Strom.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Schools in Saco and Windham place high on priority list for state construction funding
The Young School in Saco and the Windham Middle School place fourth and fifth, respectively, and Portland High School places 15th.
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Driver escapes with minor injuries when dump truck slams into back of SUV
The woman had stopped in the breakdown lane of an exit off Interstate 95 in Orono when the truck carrying asphalt crashed into the back of her vehicle.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Bowdoin man gets 2 years for failing to register as sex offender
David Forrest Noel, 40, was convicted in Massachusetts in 2010 of indecent assault and battery on a child.
Posted inLocal & State
Four escape fire in Scarborough home
The fire damages an addition, but firefighters prevent it from spreading to the main house.
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Cotton candy-colored lobster escapes pot and ends up in aquarium
Canadian fisherman Robinson Russell caught the unusual crustacean off Grand Manan Island and donated it to the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.