Michael Morrison will serve four months for defrauding Mainecare and other insurers, and embezzling from his employer, the Trade Winds Health, Swim and Tan Club.
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.
SUV goes airborne, sails 25 feet over river in Waterboro
Authorities say the 65-year-old driver may have had a medical problem that caused the crash.
Mercy Hospital in Portland confirms case of scabies
A patient has been diagnosed with Norwegian scabies, a more severe and contagious form of the skin disease, the hospital said.
Maine reports its first pediatric flu death in 3 years
Federal health officials reveal that an unvaccinated child who lived in Washington County recently died from a flu-associated illness.
Man who says he witnessed death of state trooper writes him a letter
Robert John Anthony of Clifton writes a heartfelt Facebook post in memory of Detective Benjamin Campbell.
Monday’s storm dropped 2-8 inches of snow across state
A typical spring weather pattern in Maine drops snow in Lewiston.
Parts of Maine could get up to a foot of snow Monday
The National Weather Service says interior areas will be hardest-hit by the spring snowstorm.
Police charge Bucksport woman with murder in the death of girl, 2
State and Bucksport police arrest 21-year-old Savannah Smith at a motel in Bucksport on Thursday night, charging her with murder in the death of 2-year-old Kloe Hawksley.
Fifteen injured when vans carrying inmates, church members collide in Aroostook County
One van was carrying 9 county inmates and the other was transporting members of the Full Gospel Assembly church in Mars Hill.
Musicians gather in Portland to celebrate the life and music of Dave Noyes
A near-capacity crowd turned out at the State Theatre in Portland on Wednesday evening to hear several bands perform in a tribute concert to benefit the late musician’s family.