After a briefing by the White House, Maine’s independent senator tells CNN that getting China to apply pressure is the key to defusing tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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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Westbrook brothers charged with plotting welfare fraud at Portland store
Officials say the men schemed to divert tens of thousands of federal benefit dollars at Ahram Halal Market, a small store on Forest Avenue.
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Robert Pirsig, author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ dies in Maine at 88
The best-seller written by the South Berwick resident, which explores the thesis that quality is the basis of reality, has sold more than 5 million copies.
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Return of circuses to Maine revives controversy over treatment of elephants
The Kora Shriners, Maine legislators, protesters and families join the debate over using elephants and other wild animals for entertainment.
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About 25 protesters disrupt LePage’s town hall at USM
Members of the group shout at LePage as he makes his points, then chant ‘black lives matter’ as they exit Hannaford Hall one by one. He appears unfazed, and no one is arrested.
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Bangor police identify suspect wanted in fatal shooting
Terrance Durel Sr., 36, of New Orleans was shot Sunday afternoon and later died, and police offer a reward for information leading to the arrest of Antoinne J. Bethea, 40, also known as ‘Prince.’
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Portland offers training in use of anti-overdose drug naloxone
About 20 people attended the session, held as the city and state experience a growing problem with opioid addiction and following a record number of overdose deaths last year.
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Wells police officer rescues owl hit by vehicle
The bird found Wednesday morning is taken to the Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick for treatment.
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Bucksport man charged with 7th drunken-driving offense, police say
Joseph A. Nally, 58, was arrested after allegedly striking a pedestrian in a crosswalk in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Peruvian man charged with dealing heroin in Hancock County
Police say Pedro Lezama Agaz was selling the drug out of a motel room.