Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King will be part of a bipartisan group of 10 senators planning to meet this weekend with foreign leaders and Ukrainians living in Polish refugee camps.
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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Herd of bison escapes farm, roams free in Aroostook County
The animals were later captured, but one had to be put down after getting hit by a truck, police say.
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Busiest stretch of highway in Maine shutting down to traffic next month
I-295 between Falmouth and Portland will close for 64 hours while crews install a new bridge over Veranda Street in Portland.
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Students steer school bus to safety in Topsham after driver collapses at the wheel
The driver, identified as Arthur McDougall of Lisbon, died Monday. Fourteen Mt. Ararat Middle and High school students were on board at the time.
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Jet’s collision with bird forces emergency landing at Portland jetport
The regional carrier had 52 passengers aboard when a bird struck the nose of the plane Sunday morning, an airport spokesman says.
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Maine lobster industry to receive $17 million in aid from federal government
Part of a $1.5 trillion spending package, the funding will be used to help lobstermen comply with new federal regulations designed to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
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Washington County man charged with murder in father’s stabbing
Authorities say that Darren Laney Jr. killed his 62-year-old father at his home in Big Lake Township.
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Maine losing chief of its insurance bureau
Eric Cioppa, who has served the state in a variety of roles for more than three decades, will retire April 1 as Superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance
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Bipartisan bill aimed at helping Maine lobstermen pending in Congress
The bill would create a grant program to help fishermen buy the gear they need to comply with federal North Atlantic right whale regulations.
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Two men killed in head-on collision in Oxford County
The crash took place around 2 a.m. on Route 2 in the town of Hanover, the sheriff’s office says.