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 9, 2015
Two-way traffic urged for Portland’s State and High streets
The City Council will have the final word on an advisory committee’s push to end decades of one-way traffic.
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PublishedJune 9, 2015
Fire at South Portland nursing home put out quickly
No injuries are reported in the fire at the South Portland Nursing Home.
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PublishedJune 9, 2015
Large rock falls off truck, kills midcoast driver
Police are trying to locate the truck driver, who is probably unaware of the accident that killed a Camden man Tuesday.
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PublishedJune 8, 2015
Cumberland County corrections officers fume over move to remove ‘smoke shack’
The county proposes the change in the officers’ next contract to comply with its new smoke-free workplace policy.
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PublishedJune 8, 2015
‘San Andreas’-style earthquake not possible in Maine
Because the state has no active faults like California’s, ‘the big one’ can’t happen here, Maine’s state geologist explains.
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PublishedJune 7, 2015
Woman fatally injured in I-95 crash was trying to make U-turn, police say
Her car was hit as she tried to cross two travel lanes to the median crossover lane, Maine State Police say.
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PublishedJune 7, 2015
Homeless advocate to protest Bangor police Facebook post on panhandlers
Pat LaMarche, a former Green Party gubernatorial and vice presidential candidate, says the posting unfairly portrays all panhandlers as liars and scam artists.
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PublishedJune 4, 2015
Police investigating death of woman found in Rockland
The body of Shauna Jones, 34, was found in a boarding house on Main Street. Police aren’t saying yet whether her death is suspicious.
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PublishedJune 4, 2015
Recreational fisherman dies at sea after boat engine fails off York
The Coast Guard tows the boat, on which one man is discovered dead by his companion in the morning.
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PublishedJune 4, 2015
Portland native Will Holt, lyricist, performer who wrote ‘Lemon Tree,’ dies at 86
He grew up on Deering Street in Portland’s Parkside neighborhood and his musical abilities were recognized at a young age.
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