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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PublishedJanuary 26, 2022
Portland Rent Board puts off decision on tenants’ objections to rent increases
Tenants of the Trelawny Building say the rent increases are unfair and violate the city’s Rent Control Ordinance.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2022
Scarborough chosen as potential site for first Costco store in Maine
The Planning Board is scheduled to review the proposal Monday night for the store, which would be on the site of the former Scarborough Downs racetrack.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2022
Gov. Mills set to deliver her second State of the State address next month
The Democrat’s last State of the State was delivered just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
U.S. marshals arrest fugitive in Kittery
Michael Rickett, who had eluded authorities since October, had violated terms of his supervised release after being convicted of trying to sell an explosive device to an undercover agent in 2017, the Marshal’s Service said.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2022
Portland police identify driver of vehicle killed in crash on Washington Avenue
Sasa Strejcek, 21, of Portland was killed in the crash sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2022
66,000 Mainers enroll in first year of state health insurance marketplace
More than 80% of them are receiving financial assistance.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2022
Holiday storm causes power outages, flooding and accidents
The storm brough heavy snow to some areas, high wind gusts to others, but spared most of the state from widespread, long-running power outages.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2022
More Maine schools go remote amid record-setting number of infections
School Administrative District 51, which covers Cumberland and North Yarmouth, is the latest district to announce it has been forced into remote learning.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
King says supporting voter rights bill is most important vote he’ll ever take
Maine’s independent U.S. senator has been campaigning hard on behalf of sweeping voting and elections legislation that he says is necessary to protect the nation’s democracy.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Police charge man in shooting in parking lot of Scarborough Walmart
Bryan Johns, 46, was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, but police had yet to find a victim late Wednesday night.
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