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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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
In latest blunder, CMP told 62,000 customers they were getting refunds. They weren’t.
The utility company says the message it sent out in January bills was intended for only 122 industrial energy users.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2019
Ice disk moving again, but appears to be headed for its last roundup
The disk that has captivated viewers in Westbrook for more than three weeks lost its circular shape and some of its mass during Tuesday’s record warm temperatures.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2019
Navy awards $126 million contract to BIW for work on destroyers
The value of the contract for planning yard services for Arleigh Burke-class ships could reach more than $719 million over 5 years.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2019
Snow moves out as Maine braces for a frigid day Thursday
Temperatures in Portland will feel like 10 to 20 below zero, weather forecasts predict.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2019
Condition of great black hawk rescued during storm deteriorates
The raptor native to Central and South America is likely to lose at least two toes on each foot, according the rehabilitation center where it is being treated.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2019
Acadia National Park reopens at full strength after shutdown
Many of its employees had been furloughed because of the lapse in federal funding.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2019
Warmth, rain take big bite out of Westbrook’s famed ice disk
The natural wonder, which drew worldwide attention, has eroded and melted to the point that it’s no longer circular.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2019
Streets and basements flood as heavy rain sweeps through Maine
Power was out to hundreds of homes and the Maine Red Claws cancel their basketball game after the ceiling begins leaking at the Portland Expo.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
Susan Collins says she supports Trump’s plan for border wall funding to end shutdown
She also becomes the first Republican to say she will support a Democrat-sponsored bill to reopen the government if the president’s measure fails.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Falmouth man who took wrong-way ride ends up sobering up at Cape police station
Police say the man in his 20s was detained after taking the wrong Lyft ride from the Old Port and trying to enter the Cape Elizabeth home where he was dropped off, believing it was his home.
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