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Portland Press Herald

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.

Local & State

Westbrook fire does little damage, but clogs afternoon commute

by Dennis Hoey May 17, 2018May 17, 2018

Part of Main Street is shut down for about an hour while firefighters extinguish a garage fire.

Local & State, Politics

Judge rules ranked-choice voting group can’t intervene in lawsuit to block it

by Dennis Hoey May 16, 2018May 17, 2018

U.S. District Court Judge Jon D. Levy said the group’s participation ‘would complicate a case that badly needs to be expedited’ with the June 12 primary less than a month away.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Attorney general accuses 2 men of racially motivated attack in Biddeford

by Dennis Hoey May 15, 2018May 16, 2018

The men have been charged with aggravated assault and now face a civil complaint accusing them of violating the state’s Civil Rights Act.

Animals, Local & State

Photos reveal multiple rare right whales off York County coast

by Dennis Hoey and Gillian Graham May 15, 2018May 16, 2018

Scientists from the New England Aquarium used photographs to confirm that the whale photographed off Long Sands Beach in York was different from the one observed off the coast of Wells.

Local & State, News

Police seek public’s help in locating missing Saco man

by Dennis Hoey May 14, 2018May 14, 2018

In a Facebook post, they say Nathaniel Glavin, 38, is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs about 165 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Biddeford man gets 7 years in prison for robbing Arundel credit union

by Dennis Hoey May 14, 2018May 15, 2018

Glenn Brackett, 49, was caught shortly after a teller filled his bag with $4,460 and a GPS tracking device last August.

Business, Local & State, News, Politics

Maine’s senators submit bill to delay tariff on newsprint

by Dennis Hoey and Edward D. Murphy May 14, 2018May 15, 2018

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King want to delay a proposed import tax on Canadian newsprint so the Commerce Department can study the effects on U.S. newsprint manufacturers and the newspaper industry.