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 22, 2019
Burst pipe forces USM’s Portland hub to close for at least 2 weeks
Parts of the Woodbury Campus Center got 6 inches of water when a fire main broke late Saturday or early Sunday, officials say.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2019
Lobsterman, 2 nurses, doctor credited with helping save life of Jet Skier, 85
Richard Russell of West Gardiner was pulled out of the Sheepscot River; he was then resuscitated on shore but is in critical condition.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2019
USM campus police investigating suspicious driver in Gorham
The man reportedly tried to coax a female student into looking at a photograph on his cellphone Saturday morning.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2019
Baxter park director suggests dropping ‘Mount’ from Mount Katahdin
Katahdin literally means ‘Greatest Mountain,’ making the official name redundant, Eben Sypitkowski says, but critics say that reasoning doesn’t justify the cost.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2019
Norway woman says she buried best friend in backyard, to show her love
Vernelle Jackson, 81, says it was the woman’s dying wish about 18 months ago.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2019
Replica of historic ship will sail into Portland Harbor on Wednesday
The Nao Santa Maria, a copy of Christopher Columbus’ flagship, is due to dock at Maine Wharf around 8 a.m.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2019
Older drivers go to police for help navigating new hands-free driving law
Westbrook police held an event Tuesday to help drivers pair their vehicles’ Bluetooth technology to their cellphones so they can use them while driving after a ban on hand-held devices takes effect Thursday.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2019
Carcass of North Atlantic right whale found off coast of New York
Federal officials say it’s the first observed death of a right whale death in United States waters this year.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2019
New Hampshire man charged with threatening to kill Brownfield resident
Sidrick Thurlow faces aggravated reckless conduct and other charges after his arrest in Fryeburg on Sunday.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2019
Bayside Village tenants rally to halt conversion to market-rate apartments
The protesters, mainly students and low-income renters, tell the city that higher rents will make many of them homeless.
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