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 27, 2019
Warmth, rain take big bite out of Westbrook’s famed ice disk
The natural wonder, which drew worldwide attention, has eroded and melted to the point that it’s no longer circular.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2019
Boothbay Harbor nonprofit moves to protect working waterfront
Stewards of Boothbay Harbor says it has entered an agreement to purchase Cap’n Fish’s Waterfront Inn, a property on the east side of the harbor that a developer had eyed for upscale development.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2019
Streets and basements flood as heavy rain sweeps through Maine
Power was out to hundreds of homes and the Maine Red Claws cancel their basketball game after the ceiling begins leaking at the Portland Expo.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
Sen. Collins says she supports Trump’s plan for border wall funding to end shutdown
She also becomes the first Republican to say she will support a Democrat-sponsored bill to reopen the government if the president’s measure fails.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Falmouth man who took wrong-way ride ends up sobering up at Cape police station
Police say the man in his 20s was detained after taking the wrong Lyft ride from the Old Port and trying to enter the Cape Elizabeth home where he was dropped off, believing it was his home.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Portland plans national search to replace Michael Sauschuck as police chief
City Manager Jon Jennings says he hopes to have a candidate selected by late spring or early summer.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Oxford Street Shelter took in 257 homeless people on Monday night
The bitter cold prompted the surge in demand at the shelter, which had its busiest night in nearly five years.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Whiteout conditions in Aroostook County cause 11-vehicle pileup, injuries
Van Buren’s police chief and a Maine DOT plow truck driver both were hit by vehicles in the aftermath of the crashes along Route 1 in Cyr Plantation, Maine State Police say.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2019
Mainers cope with bitter cold, ‘dangerous wind chills’
The National Weather Service warns that strong northwest winds could produce dangerous wind chills.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2019
Driver loses traction trying to pass tanker truck, crashes in Houlton
State police say the Chevrolet sedan hit a guardrail before sliding under the tanker and coming to rest in the highway and causing a chain-reaction pileup.
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