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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PublishedNovember 17, 2022
Tracing hoax calls will be a daunting challenge
A cybersecurity expert says it will be difficult for the FBI to trace the prank active shooter calls made using an internet protocol that allows the caller to hide their phone number.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2022
Lincoln County woman dies after car collides with dump truck in Nobleboro
The head-on collision took place Tuesday afternoon on East Pond Road in Nobleboro, officials say.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2022
Starbucks in Portland’s Old Port to close, a month after vote to form union
Starbucks says the owner of the building where it leases space at 176 Middle St. said it had to vacate the premises while the building undergoes renovations.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
Maine highway safety officials urge drivers to move over
The reminder for drivers to move over for emergency responder vehicles comes during ‘Crash Responder Safety Week.’
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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
Maine AG says new DNA tests insufficient to overturn 34-year-old murder case
Attorney General Aaron Frey says the results do not shake his confidence in the state’s conviction of Dennis Dechaine in Sarah Cherry’s 1988 killing.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2022
Man dies, woman wounded in Waterboro shooting
The domestic disturbance Sunday closed New Dam Road to traffic Sunday night as police investigated.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2022
Downtown Portland building receives recognition as national historic landmark
Mechanics’ Hall on Congress Street got a new designation of national significance from the National Register of Historic Places this month.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2022
Structure fire spreads to neighboring woods in Naples
The fire in the vicinity of 162 Gore Road burned one home and spread to a neighbor’s yard and woods Thursday afternoon.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2022
Fire that potentially could have destroyed nature preserve likely caused by a cigarette butt
Maine Audubon credited the local fire department with saving the 145-acre preserve on the Harraseeket River in Freeport from destruction
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PublishedNovember 9, 2022
Maine State Police make an arrest in 1996 sexual assault case
A Gouldsboro man who is accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in 1996 was arrested without incident on Wednesday.
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