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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PublishedJune 30, 2015
New presidential candidate Chris Christie plans campaign stop in Portland
The New Jersey governor plans to visit a day after announcing his run for the presidency in 2016.
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PublishedJune 30, 2015
Maine State Police say inmate at prison in Windham died of natural causes
Jeppie Phillips, 51, had been in the Maine Correctional Center for about seven weeks.
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PublishedJune 30, 2015
Kayakers rescued from island in Androscoggin River
Firefighters from Brunswick and Topsham respond to a call from the swiftly flowing river after a tandem kayak overturns.
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PublishedJune 30, 2015
Boys rescued from rip current off Old Orchard Beach
Lifeguards notice the three over their heads and unable to swim back to the shore at Ocean Park.
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PublishedJune 18, 2015
Westbrook apartment building condemned, 23 residents homeless
A Fire Department inspection of the building at 158-160 Brackett St. reveals violations that officials say are potentially life-threatening.
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PublishedJune 18, 2015
Fire destroys house in Nobleboro; cause unknown
The two-bedroom rental home was damaged so badly that investigators couldn’t determine how the fire started.
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PublishedJune 18, 2015
Peaks Island cottage where John Ford spent summers is up for sale
Sunnyside, where the movie director and his family summered for years, is listed for $349,000.
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PublishedJune 17, 2015
Portland man convicted of murder loses appeal
Daudoit Butsitsi, who was found guilty of killing Serge Mulongo in 2010, argued that racial bias was a factor in his 38-year sentence.
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PublishedJune 17, 2015
Oxford County district attorney considers indictments in Turner teenager’s hit-and-run death
Two suspects have been identified in the death of Xavier Fuentes on Route 117 in Paris last year.
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PublishedJune 17, 2015
Portland board votes to rebuild Hall school with state aid
A committee will oversee the design and construction of the new school, which will accommodate 525 students.
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