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 4, 2018
Storm-driven high tides pummel Maine coast for 3rd day
Authorities report significant damage to structures, sea walls, sand dunes and streets in York County.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2018
Top lawmaker seeks probe of DHHS response to abuse reports before girl’s death
After Bangor school officials say they shared suspicions of abuse with the agency, Maine’s Senate president urges Gov. Paul LePage to start an investigation into its handling of the case of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2018
Portland sets record high temperature for Feb. 28
Overall, last month was the city’s fourth-warmest February on record, but a storm is likely to cool things off by Friday.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2018
Man convicted of murdering wife and 3-year-old son 32 years ago dies in prison
Robert William Forrest, 72, formerly of Island Falls, was one of 12 inmates to participate in an art project that had them write letters to their younger selves.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2018
Teenage boy charged with murdering Bowdoinham woman
The teenager, who hasn’t been publicly named, lives in Bowdoinham and will be held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center until a court appearance Friday.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Thomaston student charged with threatening two others
Police charge the middle-schooler with misdemeanor terrorizing and witness tampering, but found he had no means of carrying out the threat to ‘shoot it up.’
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Portland woman pleads guilty to sending bomb threats in mail
U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank says Nina Michalski, 61, sent letters to three religious congregations in California between October 2016 and February 2017.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2018
Coast Guard sending down camera today to survey sunken tugboat
After colliding with another tug, the vessel sank Thursday in 158 feet of water about 3 miles south of Kennebunkport.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2018
Police identify man who tried to drive along train tracks and got stuck
The incident Sunday night in Portland delayed a freight train as well as traffic at 3 intersections until the car could be removed.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2018
Mother, stepfather charged with murdering 10-year-old girl in Stockton Springs
One of the adults called for an ambulance about 2:30 p.m. Sunday for an unresponsive child at a condominium where they had been staying.
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