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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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
Maine court: Public has no right to use Kennebunkport beach
The town is disappointed, calling the decision a ‘radical departure’ from traditional policies on beach access for the public.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
Body found in Old Orchard Beach was that of Portland man
His death has been ruled a suicide, a state police spokesman says.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2014
Bear baiting question may be back on Maine ballot
The secretary of state confirms that bear baiting opponents handed in their petitions by Monday’s deadline.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2014
Naples home collapses after second fire in two weeks
The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of Monday night’s blaze.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2014
Maine mother, children injured when car hits rock wall, flips
The Arundel woman was able to continue driving for another half mile despite extensive damage to the vehicle.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2014
Maine woman succumbs to smoke inhalation
Rebecca Galleshaw was rescued from her burning home in Berwick on Friday.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2014
Maine’s Oakhurst Dairy sold to farmer cooperative
The 93-year-old company says it plans no layoffs of its 200 employees.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2014
Yarmouth hires new school superintendent
Andrew R. Dolloff will resign as superintendent for RSU 21 and will begin his new job July 1.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2014
Cold-night homeless count in Portland finds few out in the cold
The annual Point-in-Time survey tries to count the homeless living in and outside the shelter system.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2014
Planners OK upscale Munjoy Hill condos, apartment building
A four-story project at Congress Street’s peak calls for 12 units as well as ground-floor retail space, and a smaller five-unit building will be built on a steep slope on Sheridan Street.
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