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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PublishedApril 6, 2017
Search for WCSH meteorologist Tom Johnston ends with discovery of body in Auburn
Police say they have ruled out a crime and are focusing on an apparent suicide.
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PublishedApril 5, 2017
At student’s request, DA drops sex charges against former Bonny Eagle coach
District Attorney Stephanie Anderson says a factor in her decision was that former cheerleading coach Nicholas Perry and the 18-year-old student ‘had a relationship that pre-dated his becoming a coach.’
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PublishedApril 5, 2017
Narcan saved 5 overdose victims in Portland, says assistant police chief
Vern Malloch says the overdose antidote is saving lives while the news media raises public awareness of the state’s drug epidemic.
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PublishedApril 3, 2017
U.S. ambassador to Somalia to visit Lewiston this week
Stephen M. Schwartz will meet with Somali and Somali Bantu residents in a community forum Thursday.
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PublishedApril 3, 2017
LePage to hold town hall meeting at USM on April 18
The governor is returning to a venue where he had spirited exchanges with audience members over the state’s opioid crisis and his support of proposals to block Muslims from entering the country.
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PublishedApril 3, 2017
Cumberland County Jail inmate suffers drug overdose
Danyielle Banks, 43, of Biddeford was administered Narcan after displaying ‘seizure-like symptoms,’ a jail official says.
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PublishedApril 2, 2017
Maine Flower Show organizers ‘ecstatic’ over turnout
More than 16,000 people attend the event at Thompson’s Point in spite of Saturday’s snowstorm.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2017
Volkswagen to pay Maine $5 million in settlement of emissions cheating lawsuit
The automaker will pay $157 million to 10 states after being sued for installing software in vehicles that disguised illegal pollution.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2017
Lincoln Academy suspends administrator after arrest on drunken-driving charge
Associate Head of School Andrew Mullin, who will miss 12 days of work and be referred to a counselor, issues a public apology.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2017
No joke: Weather service issues forecast for potentially heavy snowfall
The storm would begin Friday and last into Saturday – April 1.
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