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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PublishedApril 30, 2020
State order will require everyone to wear face coverings in public places, starting Friday
The new executive order means that people will have to wear face coverings in places including grocery stores, pharmacies, playgrounds and congested parking lots, and on public transportation.
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
Former Gov. Paul LePage says he will run against Janet Mills in 2022
‘I will challenge her,’ the Republican tells Howie Carr on WRKO in Boston on Wednesday.
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PublishedApril 26, 2020
Maine CDC building closed after vendor tests positive for COVID-19
The Augusta headquarters of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention was closed this weekend so that the building could be sanitized and cleaned.
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PublishedApril 26, 2020
Man robs Shaw’s supermarket in Portland wearing face mask
He robbed a cashier at the Shaw’a Supermarket on Auburn Street, but never displayed a weapon, police say.
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PublishedApril 21, 2020
Greater Portland Metro requiring all bus passengers to wear face coverings
The new policy, designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and protect drivers, will take effect Wednesday.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
Maine teenager injured in fall at Moxie Falls
The 18-year-old from China had to be flown by Lifeflight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
Maine company ramping up production of nasal swabs used to test for COVID-19
Amid calls for increased coronavirus testing nationwide, Puritan Medical Products of Guilford said Monday that it is producing more than one million of the specialized swabs a week.
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PublishedApril 19, 2020
Three missing hikers found in Camden Hills State Park
They became disoriented and their cellphone died, but they were located by a search team Sunday night.
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PublishedApril 9, 2020
‘Keep this out of your home’: Falmouth family hit hard by the coronavirus
Ellen Mahoney Simmonds, 81, died Monday of COVID-19. Now, her son has it and her husband says he’s recovered.
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PublishedApril 8, 2020
MaineHealth confirms reduction of work hours for some of its staff
The state’s largest health care network says the reductions became necessary as it adapted to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic in Maine.
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