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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PublishedJuly 20, 2010
NTSB: Plane propeller had quit turning before crash
The plane’s engine may have lost power before it plunged to the ground, killing two men.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2010
Plane crash victims mourned
A Portland air traffic controller who was flying the plane was well-known in the aviation community.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2010
Feature Obituary: William Adams, 92, ‘worked hard all his life’
CAPE ELIZABETH – On the day he was born in 1918, his father died in the world’s worst flu epidemic. Five years later his mother passed away. He was wandering the streets of Rumford when a Lithuanian family took him into their home and raised him. William A. “Whitey” Adams died Friday in Cape Elizabeth […]
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PublishedJuly 9, 2010
Hey, wasn’t that … yeah, it’s Taylor Swift
The singer was shooting video in Maine this weekend, and had a late dinner at Becky’s Diner.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2010
Dion to work with medical marijuana applicant
He will join the board of a firm hoping to run five dispensaries.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2010
Feature Obituary: Ruth Tabenken, 82, supported arts, music in Maine
TOPSHAM – She earned praise as an advocate for the mentally ill, broke ground after being named one of the state’s first female bank directors, and boosted the arts and music in Maine through her passionate support. Ruth Tabenken died Monday at a hospital in Brunswick. She was 82 and had lived for the past […]
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PublishedJuly 7, 2010
Portland jury finds law firm negligent, awards man $7.3 million
Jurors decide Bernstein Shur didn’t do enough to help a client accused of harassment.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2010
Feature obituary:Vera Warner, 86, known for 65 years of volunteer work
SACO – Her “bucket list” included riding a zip line down a mountain at age 84, pedaling a bicycle through the Canadian Rockies in her 70s, and traveling in an ox-drawn cart to visit her father’s native village in Russia. Though her adventures might seem daring for a woman of her age, she was always […]
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PublishedJuly 1, 2010
Pingree will vote against funding wars
The Maine Democratic representative supports an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2010
Feature Obituary: John W. Pearl, 69, led a life of ‘meaning and heart’
CHELSEA – He played the game of life liked he played high school football and basketball at Brunswick — with a lot of heart. John W. Pearl, a longtime resident of Gardiner who moved to Chelsea a few years ago, died Sunday at an Augusta nursing home after living with cancer for more than 20 […]
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