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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.

Advanced Sterilization Products on Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus from Contaminated Medical Devices

Health, Maine, News, Times Record

Coronavirus test on person from Maine comes back negative

by Dennis Hoey February 13, 2020March 12, 2020

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention received confirmation of the tests results on Thursday.

Maine, News, Politics, Times Record

Cumberland County sheriff, U.S. attorney at odds over immigration detention

by Dennis Hoey February 12, 2020February 13, 2020

U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank says law enforcement agencies in ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ are ‘imperiling the public,’ but Sheriff Kevin Joyce calls that misleading and says he won’t comply with immigration detainer requests without probable cause.

Health, Maine, News

Study shows 40% of deer tick samples tested positive for Lyme disease

by Dennis Hoey February 11, 2020February 12, 2020

The first-of-its-kind study by the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension Tick Lab included more than 2,000 ticks submitted last year by residents of all 16 counties.

Maine, Maine Crime, News, Times Record

Woolwich man indicted in accident that killed skateboarder in Portland

by Dennis Hoey February 10, 2020February 11, 2020

Ernest M. Patti will face as much as 5 years in prison if he’s convicted of leaving the scene of the accident last summer in which Wayne Harwood was killed.

Maine, News

Public health officials test first person in Maine for deadly coronavirus

by Dennis Hoey February 10, 2020March 12, 2020

The test was done because the person showed symptoms of a lower respiratory illness and had either traveled to China recently or come in contact with someone known to have the virus. Results are expected in 1 to 5 days.