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 10, 2022
Maine lobster industry to receive $17 million in aid from federal government
Part of a $1.5 trillion spending package, the funding will be used to help lobstermen comply with new federal regulations designed to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2022
Washington County man charged with murder in father’s stabbing
Authorities say that Darren Laney Jr. killed his 62-year-old father at his home in Big Lake Township.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2022
Portland council approves deal for company to provide over 40 electric vehicle charging stations
Installation will begin this spring and be completed over the next 18 months.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2022
Maine losing chief of its insurance bureau
Eric Cioppa, who has served the state in a variety of roles for more than three decades, will retire April 1 as Superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance
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PublishedMarch 8, 2022
Bipartisan bill aimed at helping Maine lobstermen pending in Congress
The bill would create a grant program to help fishermen buy the gear they need to comply with federal North Atlantic right whale regulations.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2022
Home heating oil prices in southern Maine break the $5-per-gallon mark
Of the 30 southern Maine oil companies listed on MaineOil.com, all but 8 were charging more than $5 a gallon Tuesday night, and some had increased prices by 50 cents a gallon or more in just a few hours.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
Two men killed in head-on collision in Oxford County
The crash took place around 2 a.m. on Route 2 in the town of Hanover, the sheriff’s office says.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
Portland woman, 28, in critical condition following crash in Oxford
Nicole Kumiega’s SUV was struck by a pickup truck whose driver was fleeing from police Friday night, authorities say.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2022
Federal CDC lifts its masking recommendation for all of Maine
The federal agency is, however, still advising that people who are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe illness wear a mask indoors.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2022
Legislative committee reverses course, endorses legal defense fund for Maine’s lobster industry
If approved, the bill would provide about $900,000 a year to assist the industry in its fight against rules designed to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
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