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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PublishedJuly 19, 2020
Portland’s East End beach closed over contamination fears
A power outage at the Portland Wastewater Treatment Plant and a backup generator that failed at the same time convinced city officials they should close the beach out of an abundance of caution.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2020
Attorney general’s civil rights complaint says man threatened to lynch Black woman
Attorney General Aaron Frey filed the complaint against 23-year-old Tyler Tripp of Paris after an incident last month in Norway.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2020
One of Maine’s best known lighthouses is now part of Acadia National Park
The National Park Service announced this week that the U.S. Coast Guard has transferred ownership of Bass Harbor Head Light to the park.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2020
Thunderstorms bring hail, rain, power outages to southern and central Maine
Plowable hail fell in Sanford and damaged hundreds of vehicles at an auto dealership.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Maine Warden Service, police search for missing Freeport woman
Sarah Dowling, 62, went for a walk Monday morning and hasn’t been seen since.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Preble Street closes soup kitchen dining room
Meals will still be prepared at the social service agency in downtown Portland, but they will be delivered to shelters and other sites around the city.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Portland police report ‘disturbing’ rise in overdoses during pandemic
Since May 1, a total of 86 drug overdoses have been reported in the city, 7 of them fatal.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2020
Augusta man clocked driving 109 mph, Maine State Police say
Nathan Hansell, 38, was charged with OUI, criminal speed and two other offenses.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2020
With thunderstorms threatening, stranded Augusta hikers rescued from Maine mountain
The dramatic rescue of 2 Augusta women by 2 Maine game wardens happened Wednesday on Black Mountain in Down East Maine.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2020
York County Jail inmate tests positive for COVID-19
The man, who was arrested Wednesday, was asymptomatic initially, but a test came back positive Thursday, the sheriff says.
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