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 25, 2022
Passamaquoddy tribal leaders, Maine’s top lawman discuss slaying
Tribal officials meet with Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck to coordinate an investigation into the slaying of Kim Neptune.
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PublishedApril 25, 2022
Legislature votes to approve rural public defender office
It will be the first public defenders unit created in Maine. The five attorneys will travel to areas where there are few lawyers available to defend indigent defendants.
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PublishedApril 23, 2022
I-295 bridge replacement project nears completion
The Maine Department of Transportation says the busy highway is on track to reopen at 11 a.m. Monday.
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PublishedApril 21, 2022
Gov. Mills signs bill to give Passamaquoddy Tribe access to cleaner drinking water
Mills had threatened to veto the initial version, citing concerns over jurisdictional issues that would have given the tribe more control over its drinking water source.
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PublishedApril 21, 2022
Portland gets Standard & Poor’s highest credit rating
The upgrade to AAA could save the city and its taxpayers millions of dollars associated with debt service costs.
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PublishedApril 20, 2022
State terminates company’s application to operate large fish farm in Frenchman Bay
American Aquafarms could reapply for a lease to raise 66 million pounds of Atlantic salmon annually at two 15-pen sites between Bar Harbor and Gouldsboro, but that process could take 2 to 3 years, the state says.
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PublishedApril 13, 2022
Devastating house fire in Montville leaves 1 adult dead, 2 critically injured
The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the blaze Wednesday afternoon at 50 Darci Road.
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PublishedApril 12, 2022
State reports case of hepatitis A at Boothbay variety store
The Maine CDC says an employee at T&D Variety handled food while infectious last week.
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PublishedApril 7, 2022
Sen. Susan Collins tests positive for COVID-19
The state’s senior senator attended the Gridiron Club dinner Saturday night that appears to be the source of an outbreak in Washington.
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PublishedApril 6, 2022
UNE receives $5 million to help relocate its medical school
The relocation of the College of Osteopathic Medicine is part of a plan to consolidate all the college’s health programs at its Portland campus.
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