He bought the winning ticket at Fisherman’s Friend, a store on the island off Rockland.
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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Maine transportation department starts project to improve I-295 ramps in Portland
Changes to the northbound and southbound off-ramps at Exit 6 are meant make the area safer for drivers and pedestrians.
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Maine lawmakers override 7 LePage vetoes
Meanwhile, the governor vetoes six more bills sponsored by Democrats.
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Maine man, passenger seriously injured in New Hampshire plane crash
The plane’s owner, Ronald L. Gagnon of Biddeford, is listed in fair condition at a Portsmouth hospital.
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Two brothers arrested in pot bust in Porter
Police say they found evidence of a large marijuana growing operation at the Bridge Street Laundromat and seized 109 plants and 11 pounds of processed pot.
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Cumberland County corrections officers fume over move to remove ‘smoke shack’
The county proposes the change in the officers’ next contract to comply with its new smoke-free workplace policy.
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‘San Andreas’-style earthquake not possible in Maine
Because the state has no active faults like California’s, ‘the big one’ can’t happen here, Maine’s state geologist explains.
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Homeless advocate to protest Bangor police Facebook post on panhandlers
Pat LaMarche, a former Green Party gubernatorial and vice presidential candidate, says the posting unfairly portrays all panhandlers as liars and scam artists.
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Police investigating death of woman found in Rockland
The body of Shauna Jones, 34, was found in a boarding house on Main Street. Police aren’t saying yet whether her death is suspicious.
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Recreational fisherman dies at sea after boat engine fails off York
The Coast Guard tows the boat, on which one man is discovered dead by his companion in the morning.