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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PublishedNovember 9, 2017
New Jersey man arrested on drug trafficking charge
Police say they found 72 grams of cocaine and 15 grams of heroin after stopping Irvin Philmore on the Maine Turnpike in York around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2017
Terminally ill Saco boy, who says ‘live like a penguin,’ gets some special visitors
Jacob Thompson, who has been celebrating Christmas early, gets a rare gift when he spends an hour with his favorite animal courtesy of the Mystic Aquarium.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2017
Cold air, a bit of snow, strong wind gusts could cause more outages
A fast-moving cold front arrives in Maine on Thursday night, and Friday is likely to be frigid, forecasters say.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2017
Cause of Portland apartment building fire not yet determined
Thirteen residents of the Sherman Street building were temporarily displaced by Tuesday’s fire.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2017
Massachusetts man charged with drug trafficking in northern Maine
Don Twiggs, who is accused of buying drugs in Massachusetts to be sold in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, was arrested at the I-95 Newport exit Monday.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2017
Mainers approve transportation bond, pension fund amendment
Questions 3 and 4 on the state ballot pass easily Tuesday.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2017
Fire in Portland apartment building displaces 13 tenants
No one is injured in the fire at 3 Sherman St., but the residents are moved out because of the smell.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2017
Robert Palmer Coles Jr. of Machias, who took decisive action at Pearl Harbor, dies at 93
Though trained as a radioman, he took up a machine gun and fired at Japanese torpedo bombers from the deck of a destroyer during the attack.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2017
Living without power wears thin for those still in the dark
While life has returned to normal for most of the 470,000 Central Maine Power customers who lost electricity because of the Oct. 30 storm, others were still roughing it a week later.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2017
Busy section of Forest Avenue to close for Portland storm drain project
The road between Marginal Way and Interstate 295 will be shut down from the night of Nov. 10 until the morning of Nov. 13.
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