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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PublishedOctober 12, 2014
Berwick man struck by metal beam expected to survive
The man was pinned to a tractor and extraction equipment was needed to free him.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2014
Scarborough police report possible sighting of mountain lion
The woman photographed the animal in her backyard, and is now keeping her child indoors.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2014
Fire on Main Street in Lovell leaves couple homeless
No one was home when a passerby spotted flames and smoke coming from the single-family home.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2014
Waldoboro woman charged with large-scale cocaine distribution
Police say they seized 17 grams of cocaine at the home of Regina Bowman.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2014
Another blow to Maine’s paper industry: Verso Paper to close Bucksport mill Dec. 1, displacing more than 500 workers
The closure will cost the town of 5,000 people almost half of its tax revenue. The state Department of Labor says the LePage administration has 60 days to find a buyer for the mill, which has operated since 1930.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2014
Portland’s Congress Street named one of 10 great streets in America
The American Planning Association includes Portland’s signature street with other famous urban roadways, including New York’s Broadway.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2014
Handcuffed man eluding police helped torch Fryeburg Academy gym in 2006
Maxx Noble, 27, of Otisfield, is described as ‘desperate’ and faces several felony drug charges after escaping from a locked police cruiser on Tuesday.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2014
Police tracking suspects in mugging in Portland’s West End
A man on Brackett Street was punched and kicked by the two suspects, and his wallet was stolen.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2014
Police suspend search for armed teenager in Gray
The 17-year-old boy allegedly threatened a person with a knife, and residents are warned not to approach him.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2014
Hunter, 11, bags 502-pound black bear in Maine
His relatives say they were proud and excited when the New Jersey sixth-grader shot the large bear after it was treed by dogs in Bethel.
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