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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PublishedOctober 3, 2017
Rangeley man hits wife in leg with birdshot, Maine Warden Service says
The accident occurred Tuesday as the couple were partridge hunting in Aroostook County.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2017
Man dies after police standoff in Lebanon
A Maine State Police spokesman says troopers found the resident dead inside his mobile home, and he ‘likely died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.’
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PublishedOctober 2, 2017
Hit-and-run driver injures Windham woman checking on driver who hit moose in South Portland
Stephanie Smith stopped after she saw the animal collide with the vehicle in front of her on Cummings Road in South Portland.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2017
Autopsy results withheld in Saco shooting
A spokesman for the Maine State Police says the investigation is continuing into the gunshot death of a New Hampshire man.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2017
Maine State Police have ‘very good idea’ how fatal Saco shooting transpired
But the investigation is continuing and detectives still have a lot of work ahead of them, a spokesman says.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2017
Woman dies in crash after driving wrong way on I-295 for miles
No other vehicles were involved in the crash and state police do not know why the Auburn woman traveled south in the northbound lane.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2017
Gorham woman gets 3 months for embezzling from South Portland Housing Authority
Jamie Hussey, 35, must also pay over $92,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to diverting checks into her personal bank account.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2017
Contract for 2 more destroyers promises BIW years of work
The Navy’s award includes funds for radar design upgrades that will enhance the warships’ ability to detect ballistic missiles.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2017
Fire destroys Bath restaurant popular with BIW shipyard workers
The Southgate Restaurant, a breakfast and lunch spot located across the street from the shipyard, is considered ‘a complete loss,’ a city fire official says.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2017
Woman charged in fatal hit-and-run in Westbrook has history of driving violations
Police say Natasha Field failed to stop after hitting 51-year-old Sharon E. Crawford of Westbrook.
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