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 4, 2014
Power line catches fire in downtown Portland
The incident caused more than 300 customers in the surrounding area to lose electrical service.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2014
Acclaimed Maine country singer Betty Cody dies at 92
She chose family over Nashville at the height of her career.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2014
Thunderstorms in parts of Maine cause flooding, power outages
Rumford is hit hard as 4 to 6 inches of rain cause roads to collapse.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2014
Grad student IDs rare Tennyson photo in South Berwick
USM student Robin Whitham Acker identified the 19th-century photograph of the famed poet on a wall at the Sarah Orne Jewett House.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2014
Deputy injures knee restraining naked pedestrian in Edgecomb
The man, who police say was suffering from a medical issue, was walking on Route 1.
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PublishedJune 20, 2014
Reality TV shoot takes over Monument Square
The show will feature John Veit and his family business, a luxury limo company in Westbrook.
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PublishedJune 19, 2014
Tiger triplets born at central Maine sanctuary
The cubs join 200 animals from all over the world at the Domestic, Exotic and Wild Animal Kingdom & Sanctuary in Mount Vernon.
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PublishedJune 18, 2014
Decision for Amtrak is a ‘huge’ win
A proposed train facility for Brunswick will not harm the local environment, says a federal railroad agency.
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PublishedJune 17, 2014
Portland firefighter dies in apparent scuba accident
Capt. Michael Kucsma was diving with others when the accident occurred, according to the firefighters union president.
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PublishedJune 16, 2014
Portland man says police used excessive force after report of weapon
Officers pointed their guns at two men on Exchange Street after being told that one had flashed a gun at people in nearby Tommy’s Park.
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