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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PublishedMarch 29, 2011
Unsafe lane change leads to crash, fire
The collision — and two others blamed on ‘rubber-necking’ — shuts down the Maine Turnpike in Wells.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2011
Fugitive from justice captured in Gorham
Steven Johnson eludes authorities for a decade, but his luck runs out after he is spotted driving.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2011
Car crash leads to chaos on the Maine Turnpike
Two trucks collide, one bursts into flames and several people have to be taken to local hospitals
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PublishedMarch 28, 2011
Feature Obituary: Henrietta Hagen, 88, a ‘rare beauty’ in the eyes of her family
Henrietta Helen Hagen served her country during a time of war, joining the first group of women in the U.S. military. She married a man who had been a World War II prisoner of war, a pairing that spanned nearly six decades. And she inspired her son to become an artist. Mrs. Hagen, of Cape […]
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PublishedMarch 28, 2011
Woman charged with burglarizing shop
Police: “This woman had taken everything, even the clothes off the mannequins.”
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PublishedMarch 27, 2011
Richmond house fire threatens church
Five fire departments are in Richmond trying to prevent a house fire from spreading to a nearby church.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2011
Shooting by officer probed in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — Investigators from the state Attorney General’s Office were headed to Kennbunk on Sunday night to investigate a shooting by a police officer. “It would appear to be fatal, but I am not certain yet,” said Brian MacMaster, director of investigations for the Attorney General’s Office. MacMaster said he was informed by Kennebunk police […]
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PublishedMarch 25, 2011
LePage puts hold on plan for councils
His proposal to form groups that would advise him in private had met a storm of criticism.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2011
Census: Maine growth on par with Northeast
Maine’s population grew by 53,438 people over the last decade, to more than 1.3 million, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. At 4.2 percent, the state’s growth from 2000 to 2010 was in line with that of other states in the Northeast, said Thomas Merrill, an economist with the State Planning […]
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PublishedMarch 23, 2011
Sandwich shop in Portland robbed at gunpoint
A man enters the Subway shop on St. John Street and displays a weapon, but does not fire any shots before fleeing with cash
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