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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PublishedMay 9, 2021
Former Portland police chief may run for governor in Michigan
Republicans hope that Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was police chief in Maine’s largest city for two years, will challenge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2022.
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PublishedMay 6, 2021
Catalytic converters stolen from a variety of vehicles in Portland, police say
Authorities in Sanford issued a similar warning this week about such thefts, which are an increasing trend regionally and nationally.
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PublishedMay 6, 2021
Portland police investigate attack on woman walking in West End
Police warn the public to be careful following the assault, which was the third of its kind in the same neighborhood over the past 6 months.
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PublishedMay 5, 2021
Firefighters respond to fire at University of Maine library
The fire at the Raymond H. Fogler Library was reported shortly after 9 p.m.
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PublishedMay 5, 2021
Augusta woman wins big on ‘Jeopardy!’
Jamie Carter Logan won more than $32,000 on the popular TV quiz show Wednesday evening.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
Part of I-295 in Portland to be closed 4 days in October for bridge replacement
The Veranda Street bridge is within a few hundred feet of Tukey’s Bridge on a heavily traveled section of highway.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
Portland City Councilor Belinda Ray will not seek re-election
The District 1 councilor announced Monday that she will take a job with the Greater Portland Council of Governments after her term expires late this year.
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PublishedApril 29, 2021
Yarmouth families warned about suspicious driver
A stranger approached a child this week on McCartney Street and offered a ride, according to police.
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PublishedApril 29, 2021
Nurses at Maine Medical Center vote to form their first labor union
The 1,001-750 vote means about 2,000 nurses who work at Maine’s largest hospital and other locations in the area will be represented in labor negotiations by the Maine State Nurses Association and National Nurses United.
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PublishedApril 29, 2021
Maine’s supreme court rejects Noah Gaston’s appeal of his murder conviction
The justices also dismissed the former Windham man’s contention that court restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic unfairly affected his sentencing hearing.
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