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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PublishedSeptember 30, 2019
Brunswick nonprofit gets federal grant to expand rural child care
Coastal Enterprises Inc. receives $400,000 that it will use to expand access to child care in rural Maine communities.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2019
New York man imprisoned 2 years for drug trafficking
Sharoz Hayward was sentenced Monday for trafficking heroin and cocaine base.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2019
Police seek answers to discovery of unconscious bicyclist in West Bath
The man was found lying beside the road in West Bath, but neither he nor authorities know how he got there.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2019
Alfred man arrested on warrant charging him with violent crime
Maine State Police took 20-year-old Brandon Daigle into custody without incident.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Scarborough police warn drivers to avoid Oak Hill on Monday
The traffic lights that control travel along U.S. Route 1, Black Point Road and Route 114 will be undergoing emergency maintenance work.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Suspicious package at South Portland rail yard causes Amtrak Downeaster delays
Police ordered a halt to all rail traffic through Rigby Yard after workers there noticed an item attached to a rail car Sunday afternoon.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2019
Maine woman becomes first person to logroll across the Mississippi
It took Alissa Wetherbee of Ellsworth about 30 minutes to make the 500-yard crossing.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2019
This September has been one of the driest on record so far in Portland
But the dry conditions are not affecting foliage season, which is right on schedule, tourism officials say.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2019
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.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2019
Tests show air is safe following Farmington gas explosion
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection says it will continue to monitor air quality at the blast site.
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