Jeffrey Shedd sends a letter to a school community embroiled in controversy over notes alleging there is a ‘rapist in our school,’ saying the 3 students who left the notes ‘made a really bad choice.’
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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Wells man sues York County, alleging ‘torture’ by jail officers
A photo of the burns that Brian Dunnigan says he sustained from a Taser is part of the court filing.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Hannaford issues recall for its Deli White American cheese
The supermarket chain warns that there could be metal fragments in that specific Hannaford-brand cheese purchased in one of its delis between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8.
Posted inMaine, News
Old Orchard Beach police investigate 2 deaths
The state Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct toxicology tests to determine the cause.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Justice Department supports Mainers’ challenge of religious school tuition ban
Three families, who all live in districts that do not operate their own high schools, are seeking reimbursement.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police converge on Stockton Springs home, but can’t find suspect
State police would release no further information about the man or why authorities were looking for him.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Illegal immigrant arrested in Auburn by Border Patrol agents
Agents used a hand-held biometric device to identify the man, who had been ordered removed from the United States in 2016.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Sen. King raises new question about Trump’s telephone call to Ukraine
King says it took only about 11 minutes for members of his staff to read aloud the transcript of a call that lasted 30 minutes, raising the possibility that the transcript released by the White House doesn’t cover the entire call.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Pingree and Collins react to latest revelations in whistleblower case
While Republican Sen. Susan Collins says the summary of a phone call President Trump made to Ukraine’s leader ‘raises some key questions,’ Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree says it provides ‘indisputable evidence’ the president abused his office.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Biddeford woman sentenced for promoting prostitution
Lourdes Suero, 46, of Biddeford was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison