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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PublishedJune 30, 2015
Kayakers rescued from island in Androscoggin River
Firefighters from Brunswick and Topsham respond to a call from the swiftly flowing river after a tandem kayak overturns.
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PublishedJune 18, 2015
Peaks Island cottage where John Ford spent summers is up for sale
Sunnyside, where the movie director and his family summered for years, is listed for $349,000.
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PublishedJune 17, 2015
Oxford County district attorney considers indictments in Turner teenager’s hit-and-run death
Two suspects have been identified in the death of Xavier Fuentes on Route 117 in Paris last year.
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PublishedJune 15, 2015
Vinalhaven man wins $1 million in Maine State Lottery instant game
He bought the winning ticket at Fisherman’s Friend, a store on the island off Rockland.
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PublishedJune 15, 2015
Maine transportation department starts project to improve I-295 ramps in Portland
Changes to the northbound and southbound off-ramps at Exit 6 are meant make the area safer for drivers and pedestrians.
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PublishedJune 15, 2015
Maine lawmakers override 7 LePage vetoes
Meanwhile, the governor vetoes six more bills sponsored by Democrats.
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PublishedJune 14, 2015
Maine man, passenger seriously injured in New Hampshire plane crash
The plane’s owner, Ronald L. Gagnon of Biddeford, is listed in fair condition at a Portsmouth hospital.
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PublishedJune 11, 2015
Two brothers arrested in pot bust in Porter
Police say they found evidence of a large marijuana growing operation at the Bridge Street Laundromat and seized 109 plants and 11 pounds of processed pot.
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PublishedJune 8, 2015
Cumberland County corrections officers fume over move to remove ‘smoke shack’
The county proposes the change in the officers’ next contract to comply with its new smoke-free workplace policy.
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PublishedJune 8, 2015
‘San Andreas’-style earthquake not possible in Maine
Because the state has no active faults like California’s, ‘the big one’ can’t happen here, Maine’s state geologist explains.
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