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Dennis Hoey
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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Blustery rainstorm leaves 25,000 CMP customers without power
The storm dumps 2.09 inches of rain on Portland, which has wind gusts of 47 mph.
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Maine Department of Corrections seeks $173 million to renovate aging prison in Windham
The 96-year-old Maine Correctional Center is in bad shape, the state says as the bill heads to committee, where critics may object to the price.
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Six men sue Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, alleging abuse decades ago
‘Fraudulent concealment’ by church officials allows the ex-altar boys’ cases against a now-deceased priest to go forward, an attorney says.
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NTSB releases video of the El Faro on ocean floor
The merchant ship carrying 33 crew members, including four from Maine, sank off the Bahamas last fall.
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Police say 3 people arrested in Deer Isle were in crack cocaine trafficking ring
Agents seize 150 grams of crack and say the group has brought significant amounts of the drug into parts of Hancock County.
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Vigil planned for homicide victims in Augusta on Friday
The family of Bonnie Royer will hold the vigil for her and her boyfriend, Eric Williams, at their Easy Street home.
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Snowstorm to follow Christmas’ record-setting high temperatures
The snowfall is expected for most of Maine, with the Portland area getting 6 or more inches.
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Man overdoses in Portland’s Old Port with child in car
Emergency responders administer Narcan to revive the man, who had backed his car onto a sidewalk in front of a Commercial Street pub, authorities say.
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Counselor among 15 arrested in Oxford County heroin bust
Gregory Ford, 54, of Scarborough, who did some substance-abuse counseling, first received his state license in 2008.