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 26, 2015
Brunswick police release sketch of suspect in 2 incidents involving young girls
The man is suspected of trying to lure an 11-year-old girl into his car and, two hours later, exposing himself to two girls.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2015
Man killed by fall on expert trail at Sunday River
35-year-old Benjamin Taylor of Bethel collided with trees off the edge of the Black Hole trail.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2015
Summons issued to teenager seen beating other girl on video, police say
The incident occurred March 9 at Massabesic High School in Waterboro.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2015
Police investigate report of gunshots, shattered window in West Bath
About 90 minutes after a resident heard the shots, she found one of her car windows broken.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2015
World leader in fight against human trafficking brings campaign to Maine
Ruchira Gupta, an award-winning journalist from India, tells several hundred people at USM in Portland that ‘prostitution is actually an absence of choice.’
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PublishedMarch 17, 2015
Man with gun apparently changes his mind about robbing Portland store
Police say the man pointed a handgun at the clerk at the Gulf Express Mart but fled without taking any money. He still could be charged with robbery.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2015
‘Pounding wind’ leaves thousands of CMP customers without power
Androscoggin County gets hit hardest, with nearly 6,000 customers in the dark at one point.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2015
Maine regulators slash cap on spending for energy efficiency programs
The PUC cuts Efficiency Maine’s funding from $60 million to $22 million, a decision that many think will raise electricity bills by shrinking weatherization and heating-system programs.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2015
Police investigating crash in Warren that seriously injured Alfred woman
The pickup truck that Lauren Morrissette was riding in collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 1, says the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2015
Edgecomb woman charged with giving pot-laced brownies to 13-year-old daughter
Jennifer Becker is arrested after a complaint to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services hotline.
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