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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PublishedJanuary 17, 2011
Victim of Biddeford bat attack is released from hospital
The victim is recovering from what Biddeford police are calling a violent assault.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2011
Burning toast causes evacuation of city hotel
Guests were outside for only a few minutes while Portland firefighters determined what triggered the alarm.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2011
Man, 27, injured in ‘violent assault’
Three young men are arrested in a Biddeford incident that police say appears racially motivated.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2011
Feature Obituary: David C. Anderson, 68, gave back to his community
He operated one of the Brunswick region’s most successful insurance agencies for three decades, and gave back to the community in a big way, serving on several town boards and community-based organizations. David C. Anderson, a longtime resident of Bowdoinham and a Brunswick-based businessman, died Friday at his home. He was 68. “He liked the […]
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2011
Pingree will tour Guantanamo Bay prison
Maine’s Chellie Pingree will join other lawmakers on a tour Monday of the Cuban prison
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2011
Ice cited in malfunction of Casco Bay Bridge
Traffic into Portland was detoured after the bridge would not fully close into a locked position.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2011
Feature Obituary: Roger L. Holton, 97, a gentle, spiritual teacher and minister
He lost his parents when he was young, attended a special school for orphaned boys and went on to become a school principal, a minister and a social-service worker later in his life. Roger L. Holton died Tuesday at his home in Portland. He was 97. “He was a teacher all of his life. Where […]
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2011
Casco Bay Bridge reopens in both directions
The bridge was closed nearly two hours while workers removed an ice buildup from the bridge’s footings.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2011
Maine gets snowed under
The speed limit on Interstate 295 was lowered to 30 mph, the state’s largest shopping mall closed at noon, and a group of hardy Mainers organized a snowball fight in Portland as a powerful nor’easter hit the state Wednesday.
While snow blanketed the state, the Sagadahoc County town of Richmond got the most — 17.5 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Gray. Portland received 13 inches, and Brunswick got 16.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2011
Portland to enforce parking ban tonight
Drivers are being urged to get their cars off the streets or face a towing fee.
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