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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PublishedJuly 14, 2015
Coast Guard swimmer saves couple from waters off Southwest Harbor
Petty Officer Calvin Legge dived into the water after the elderly couple ran aground and then overturned the skiff they were rowing toward a Coast Guard boat.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2015
Peaks Island woman sentenced to 3 years in heroin trafficking conspiracy
Ashley Gross had pleaded guilty to participating in a ring that took phone orders from customers in Maine to whom they would deliver the drugs.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2015
Wildfire burns 4 acres of forestland in Topsham
The blaze was one of three wildfires reported Monday in Maine, the forest service says.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2015
George Mitchell’s son, 17, accidentally starts wildfire on Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert’s fire chief says the teen was playing with a lighter when he sparked a blaze that burned about an acre of woods and fields on the former U.S. senator’s property.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2015
Maine fishing crew hauls in a whale of a lobster
In a Facebook post that goes viral, a deckhand from Cushing poses for a photo holding up a lobster that is about 3 feet long and 20 pounds.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2015
Maine historian William Jordan remembered for research, teaching
Maine historian William Barnes Jordan Jr. published 10 books and is fondly recalled as a natural and gifted teacher.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2015
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Freeport accident
The motorcycle crashed into a mailbox Sunday evening on Flying Point Road, a witness says.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2015
Biddeford police respond in force to incident at apartment building
The deputy police chief says there were no arrests or injuries, but releases few other details.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2015
LePage holding 51 more bills as dispute over veto deadline goes on
Two senators – a Republican and a Democrat – seek the attorney general’s opinion ‘regarding the options the chief executive’s office has.’
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PublishedJuly 9, 2015
Teenager in Old Orchard Beach suffers burns in kitchen fire
The boy left oil in a skillet on a hot stove, the fire chief says, then got scalded as he tried to take it out of his home.
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