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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PublishedSeptember 3, 2020
Rush to issue vaccine concerns Maine’s CDC director
Dr. Nirav Shah says there is ‘inherent’ risk in distributing a vaccine before Phase 3 trials are complete, and some health officials worry that the federal government’s push to release a vaccine before Election Day is politically driven.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2020
State investigating death of Massachusetts man on Little Deer Isle
The body of William Lamb was discovered by a family member on a beach near his summer cottage.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2020
Man found guilty of murdering Somerset County sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole will appeal conviction
John Williams, who murdered Cpl. Eugene Cole in 2018, and Kandee Weyland Collind, who pleaded guilty to stabbing her ex-husband to death, will have their appeals heard by Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Sept. 15.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2020
Protesters raise awareness about potential flood of evictions in Maine
About 20 people gathered in downtown Portland to urge action to avoid a wave of evictions that could put thousands of Mainers on the streets as winter approaches.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2020
Police search for mother and 4-year-old daughter
Ashley Miller and her daughter Marlyn Miller, of Sullivan, had not been seen for several hours, the Maine State Police said Tuesday.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Saco woman dies after scuba diving accident
Tonya Cianchette, 45, of Saco was injured Sunday in a recreational dive near the Isle of Shoals and died at a New Hampshire hospital.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Man who murdered Colby College student dies in Maine State Prison
Edward J. Hackett Jr., 64, was convicted of killing Dawn Rossignol on Sept. 16, 2003.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Portland renames school for Maine’s first Black legislator
The former Riverton Elementary School formally became the Gerald E. Talbot Community School during a ceremony Monday.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Brunswick man, 37, dies on Sebago Lake
Corey Wilcox was being towed on a tube behind a pontoon boat when he appeared to have suffered a medical issue, officials say.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2020
Saco water park closes for season after police issue cease-and-desist order
Authorities say they were concerned that large gatherings of people inside Aquaboggan Water Park posed a significant risk of transmitting the COVID-19 virus.
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