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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PublishedAugust 17, 2011
Alfred trying to avoid tangle over yellow ribbons
Selectmen have yet to make a decision about whether the symbols of troop support, which have become tattered, should stay on the village green.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2011
Yellow ribbons back in Alfred until issue is resolved
Veterans and advocates objected when the town took down the ribbons, meant to honor service members, because they were tattered.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2011
Famine hits home for Somalian community
Portland groups hope to raise awareness and money to help friends and family feeling its effects.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2011
Longtime Board of Education member dies
James W. Carignan of Brunswick passes away at 71.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2011
Fryeburg company acquired by international firm
Hunting PLC buys Dearborn Precision Tubular Products Inc.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2011
Mainers lend an ear at camp with special mission
The Center for Grieving Children has played a key role in the camp, which is winding up after 10 years.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2011
Authorities break up Parsonsfield fight that started via texts
PARSONSFIELD – A series of threatening text messages escalated into a potentially violent confrontation Wednesday afternoon in a remote section of Parsonsfield, according to police. Deputies from the York County Sheriff’s Department broke up the confrontation, arresting William Foster Jr., 48, of Parsonsfield, who was charged with terrorizing with a firearm, a Class C crime. […]
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PublishedAugust 11, 2011
Street flooding near Washington and W. Kidder
The water line break may have been caused by a pressure surge.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2011
Deputies break up confrontation in Parsonsfield
Police say two Parsonsfield men exchange “threatening” text messages, then meet to settle their differences in person.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2011
Lawmaker: Leak may have been improper
Sen. David Trahan wants to know how a newspaper obtained findings not yet released to his committee.
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