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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, News

Fire in Portland apartment building displaces 13 tenants

by Dennis Hoey November 7, 2017November 8, 2017

No one is injured in the fire at 3 Sherman St., but the residents are moved out because of the smell.

Feature Obituary, Local & State, Nation & World, News

Robert Palmer Coles Jr. of Machias, who took decisive action at Pearl Harbor, dies at 93

by Dennis Hoey November 7, 2017November 7, 2017

Though trained as a radioman, he took up a machine gun and fired at Japanese torpedo bombers from the deck of a destroyer during the attack.

Business, Local & State, News

Mercy Hospital to pay $1.5 million to settle federal complaint

by Dennis Hoey November 1, 2017November 1, 2017

The Portland hospital overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for drug-screening tests conducted at its now-closed Mercy Recovery Center in Westbrook from 2011 to 2013, court documents say.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Phone scammer tells Mainers they missed jury duty, demands money to avoid arrest

by Dennis Hoey November 1, 2017November 1, 2017

The caller identifies himself as Lt. Vance Berry with the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, but the sheriff says the office employs no one by that name.