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 2, 2014
Scarborough police report possible sighting of mountain lion
The woman photographed the animal in her backyard, and is now keeping her child indoors.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2014
Another blow to Maine’s paper industry: Verso Paper to close Bucksport mill Dec. 1, displacing more than 500 workers
The closure will cost the town of 5,000 people almost half of its tax revenue. The state Department of Labor says the LePage administration has 60 days to find a buyer for the mill, which has operated since 1930.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2014
LePage removes doubt: He will attend gubernatorial debates
Analysts say it’s smart for him to appear so he can clarify his views on Social Security and welfare.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2014
Police release names of deceased, state police troopers in Chester shooting
The Maine Attorney General’s Office will investigate the police shooting of the knife-wielding man.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2014
Police release names of deceased, state police troopers in Chester shooting
The Maine Attorney General’s Office will investigate the police shooting of the knife-wielding man.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2014
Fire in Lewiston apartment building drives 11 families from their homes
The fire broke out at 101 Birch St., in the part of the city where three intentionally set fires destroyed nine buildings last year.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2014
Tractor-trailer crosses median in fatal Maine Turnpike crash
A woman from Rhode Island, driving to her camp in Rangeley, is killed in Kittery in the head-on crash.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2014
Suspect in Camden pharmacy standoff found dead
Police say 44-year-old Robert Beerman entered the store just after 7 p.m. Monday and took a pharmacist hostage. The woman was released unharmed at about midnight.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2014
Police investigate discovery of two bodies at Biddeford motel
The bodies, a man and a woman, were found at the Sleepy Hollow Motel on Route 1. They have been taken to the state medical examiner to determine cause of death.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2014
L.L. Bean announces plan to close Bangor call center
The Freeport-based outdoors retailer says it is getting fewer telephone orders and an increasing number of online orders.
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