Her petition criticizing Seventeen’s body-image message prompts it to limit photo retouching.
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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Want a lighthouse?
The federal government wants to give away two historic Maine lighthouses — but not to just anyone.
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Two teens charged with torching Standish church
The 114-year-old Richville Chapel is destroyed along with pews from the late 1800s.
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Governor holds off on issuing of bonds
About $40 million approved by legislators and voters in 2009 can’t be spent without his OK.
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Navy: Fire on nuclear sub started in vacuum cleaner
The USS Miami suffered $400 million in damage and likely will be repaired in Kittery.
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Mainer killed in Afghanistan remembered as ‘one of the best’
U.S. Army Capt. John R. Brainard III of Newport was a 2004 graduate of Foxcroft Academy and a 2008 graduate of the University of Maine.
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Body of canoeist found in Cathance River
BOWDOINHAM — The body of a Portland man who disappeared while canoeing with his wife Saturday night was recovered Sunday afternoon from the Cathance River in Bowdoinham.
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Man’s body recovered from Cathance River
BOWDOINHAM — The body of a Portland man who disappeared while canoeing with his wife Saturday night was recovered Sunday afternoon from the Cathance River in Bowdoinham.
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Flight diverted when man tries to open door
The plane that took off from Portland makes an emergency landing after passengers help subdue the man.
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Injured Mainer survives four days in Utah desert
The physician’s assistant from Aroostook County endures freezing Utah nights with a broken leg and little food or water.