It’s not clear how the women, all inmates at the Maine Correctional Women’s Center in Windham, got enough of the cold medicine to require treatment at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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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Teenage girl reported missing in Saco
Police are asking for the public to help them locate 16-year-old Elexis Rose.
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Louisiana woman arrested in York County on drunk driving charges
The woman had to be carefully removed from the wreck after her SUV became entangled in utility pole wires.
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Scarborough police seek driver of pickup truck who stole trailer
Police say the trailer was stolen Feb. 14 from Southern Maine Remodeling on Mussey Road.
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Federal agency grants Downeaster $17 million for upgrades
The money will be spent on improvements to the passenger rail service in Wells, North Berwick and Brunswick.
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Rain, high winds disrupt power, rough up coastal Maine
The storm also dumped up to a foot of snow in the mountains, but skies cleared and bright sunshine appeared over southern Maine by Thursday afternoon, and power outages declined significantly.
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Student charged with making bomb threat at Lake Region High School
The 15-year-old is charged with terrorizing after school officials are forced to evacuate the school.
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Westbrook man pleads guilty to distributing images of minors engaged in sex acts
Tyler Garnett, 22, faces a sentence of no less than 5 years and up to 20 years in prison.
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News Center Maine television studio evacuated because of reported gas leak
The Portland Fire Department investigates a report of a gas leak in the building at High and Congress streets in downtown Portland.
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Opponents of new vaccine law take on supporters during televised debate
Supporters of the new law to eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions argue that science supports their position while those who want to see the law repealed say it infringes on parental rights.