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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PublishedMay 14, 2015
Grass fire on Munjoy Hill extinguished before it can spread
Police are investigating a report that four young children were seen running from the area where the fire started.
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PublishedMay 14, 2015
Mother distracted by child causes 3-vehicle crash in Lebanon
The accident occurs Thursday afternoon at the intersection of School Road and Route 202.
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PublishedMay 14, 2015
Maine train advocate says Downeaster engineers vigilant about speed limit
Downeaster trains can go up to 125 mph but current track configuration cannot accommodate speeds over 79 mph.
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PublishedMay 13, 2015
Maine foster parent charged with sexually assaulting foster child
Lawrence Oxton of Belfast is accused of abusing a 9-year-old foster child.
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PublishedMay 13, 2015
Sanford brush fire burns 6 acres
The Maine Forest Service comes to assist as the fire grows, and it was under control this evening.
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PublishedMay 13, 2015
Police halt search for Auburn woman
Kayla Marin disappeared after a domestic dispute Wednesday but later contacted authorities.
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PublishedMay 13, 2015
Fugitive, sought for 4 years, caught during Bangor traffic stop
Alexander Mercado, 32, of Bronx, New York, had been a fugitive since 2011 for failing to appear in court to answer drug trafficking charges.
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PublishedMay 12, 2015
Dozens call for Portland to keep city shelter open
A committee leaves the decision to the City Council, which faces a big drop in state assistance, after a large protest and appeals from advocates for the homeless.
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PublishedMay 11, 2015
Deputy fire chief of Maine town loses control of barn burn
The fire spread across Willie Buffington’s property in Paris and consumed a vacant home he owned.
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PublishedMay 11, 2015
Saco woman charged with stealing from elderly blind man
Police say Susan Sajecki used the man’s bank account and credit card to take more than $37,000.
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