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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PublishedJanuary 7, 2020
Two men found dead in Saco home are related, police say
Jeffrey Robinson was the uncle of Nicholas Robinson; police are trying to determine if the deaths are drug-related.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2020
Payment processing company in Portland tells state it is laying off 139 employees
Evo Payments International on Cumberland Avenue filed a notice that is required at least 90 days before a business closes or institutes a mass layoff.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2020
Sens. Collins, King object to proposed Navy shipbuilding reductions
The U.S. senators from Maine make their concerns known Tuesday in a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2020
Trucker escapes serious injury when rig hits bridge abutment
State police say the driver lost control in slippery conditions on I-95 Saturday, wrapping the trailer around the concrete columns supporting the Route 159 overpass in the Aroostook County town of Island Falls.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2020
Two Maine agencies each to receive over $1 million grants for YouthBuild programs
Goodwill Industries of Northern New England and Learning Works each will receive federal funds for their programs that support youth employment.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2020
Hundreds gather in Scarborough to remember life of stabbing victim
James Pearson, an 82-year-old Christmas tree farmer, was slain outside his home last month.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
Florida man accused of exposing himself in downtown Westbrook
When police arrived on the scene to arrest him, Tony Walker, 43, allegedly tried to grab an officer’s gun.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
Wiscasset man accused of threatening to kill restaurant worker
Wiscasset police say that Jason Ladd, 35, was arrested and charged with terrorizing, criminal trespass and other offenses.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
State biologists to capture and collar 130 moose in research effort
It’s the centerpiece of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s six-year moose survival study.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
Back-to-back storms leave much of southern Maine with a foot of snow
Snowfall totals were higher than expected, and many Mainers found themselves shoveling a path into 2020.
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