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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

Head-on collision in Waterboro seriously injures 3

by Dennis Hoey July 9, 2017July 10, 2017

An SUV and a car collided on Route 5, the York County sheriff says.

Animals, Local & State, News

Brunswick police close street so ducks can get to the other side

by Dennis Hoey July 7, 2017July 7, 2017

The duck walk halts traffic on busy Mill Street.

Local & State, News

Woman who shot neighbor’s dog in Freeport won’t be charged, police say

by Dennis Hoey July 6, 2017July 7, 2017

The French mastiff was apparently chasing livestock when it was shot and killed.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Judge denies request to delay hearing on Sanborn murder conviction

by Dennis Hoey July 6, 2017July 6, 2017

Anthony Sanborn, who spent 25 years in prison for the murder of Jessica Briggs in 1989, could have his guilty verdict thrown out at an evidentiary hearing due to begin July 24.

Local & State, News

Canadian teen breaks his leg along AT’s 100-Mile Wilderness trail

by Dennis Hoey July 5, 2017July 6, 2017

Johan Cordoba, 16, of Montreal was hiking with a about 10 others from a camp in Leeds.

Local & State, News

Fifth tornado on Saturday confirmed, a single-day record for Maine

by Dennis Hoey July 5, 2017July 6, 2017

The latest confirmed tornado touched down in Otisfield on a stormy day that left extensive damage in several western communities.

Local & State, News

‘Serious’ crash closes High Street in Kennebunk

by Dennis Hoey July 5, 2017

Police did not say how many people were involved in the crash Wednesday afternoon.

Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics

Secretary of state now says Maine will not provide voter information to Trump panel

by Dennis Hoey July 3, 2017July 4, 2017

Officials say it would violate state law to let the data be made public, which the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity said it planned to do.