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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PublishedNovember 12, 2023
Woman killed in high-speed Scarborough crash on Saturday
Police said the identity of the woman who died won’t be released until an autopsy can be completed, which will likely happen Monday.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson makes her pitch to Maine voters
The best-selling author turned politician makes a campaign stop in Portland in an effort to gather enough signatures to get on Maine’s primary ballot in March.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Massachusetts woman facing OUI charge after hitting police cruiser
The crash happened Tuesday night in the town of Wells and was captured on a police officer’s body and cruiser dash camera.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Newly created White House office pressed into action in wake of Lewiston shootings
The Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which sent a team to Lewiston 4 days after the shootings, says it is designed to respond swiftly to help communities recover from mass shootings.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Sheriff’s deputy shoots armed man in York
Nicholas Goodwin was shot Wednesday morning as a special response team was trying to serve an arrest warrant on a domestic violence terrorizing charge.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Portland voters reject rent control amendment
An Act to Amend Portland’s Rent-Control Ordinance would have excluded anyone with an ownership interest in 9 or fewer rental units from the provisions of the city’s rent control ordinance.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Maine voter turnout slow but steady throughout Tuesday
The solid statewide turnout in an off-year election seems to be driven by the Pine Tree Power referendum.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2023
Maine Warden Service recovers body of missing 76-year-old man
Ernest Van Soeren was last seen Monday morning near his home in Rangeley Plantation.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2023
Portland police recover AR-15, pistol during traffic stop
Bryce Dingwell, of South Portland, is facing OUI and weapons charges after police find a loaded firearm after pulling him over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2023
Portland man charged with threatening with a gun and creating a standoff
Keith Fitzell, 63, is accused of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and creating a police standoff on St. John Street.
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