The singer and songwriter missed out on making the TV show’s semifinals when three other contestants selected by viewers joined a musician chosen by the judges.
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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Robbery suspect leads police on wild car chase through Maine, into New Hampshire
Ahmed Duale, 27, of Lewiston was arrested after his vehicle collided with a Maine State Police cruiser in Greenland, N.H.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
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
Posted inLocal & State, News
State police execute search warrants at 2 properties owned by former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler
The searches took place Wednesday morning at homes in Portland and Brooklin following a 2-month investigation, but state police would not say who was being investigated or why.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Rep. Pingree meets with Romanian leader on Ukrainian humanitarian crisis
The U.N. estimates that Romania has taken in about 543,000 of the nearly 4 million refugees who have fled the Russian invasion.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Two Maine groups make case for decriminalizing drug use and possession
The Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Maine ACLU issue a report arguing that the money it costs to incarcerate drug users would be better spent treating them.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Maine senators return to U.S. following weekend visit to Germany, Poland
Susan Collins and Angus King were part of a Senate delegation that met with German officials, representatives from humanitarian aid agencies, and Ukrainians forced to flee their homeland following Russia’s invasion of their country.
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Mills proposes an additional $19.7 million to support state’s behavioral health system
The governor wants to add the funding to her supplemental budget.