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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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
South Portland police charge man with breaking into parked cars
An officer became suspicious after he noticed an abandoned bicycle on Anthoine Street during Tuesday’s snowstorm.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Winter’s second punch brings high winds, up to 15 inches of snow to southern Maine
Kennebunk had a two-day total of 15 inches of snow, Scarborough got 13 and South Portland received almost 12.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2019
Two cases of whooping cough diagnosed at Freeport High School
Parents and guardians were notified Monday that students may have been exposed to the bacterial illness.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2019
Second round of winter storm likely to make morning commute ‘a mess’
With snow and gusty winds in the forecast for much of Tuesday, schools have canceled classes and state government offices will be closed until 11 a.m.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2019
North Yarmouth seeks public’s help with catching diaper dumper
The town says someone has been leaving bags of soiled adult diapers along routes 9, 115, and 231.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2019
Arts and crafts retailer A.C. Moore is closing its stores
The New Jersey-based retail chain says 40 of its 145 locations will become Michaels stores, but A.C. Moore hasn’t said if its stores in Augusta, Bangor and South Portland will be among them.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2019
Police investigate death of Sanford city worker who was hit by truck he had been driving
The man, who has not been identified, and another city employee were using the bucket truck to hang Christmas wreaths outside Springvale District Court on Main Street.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2019
Litchfield man charged with manslaughter in crash that killed couple
Shawn W. Metayer, 60, is also charged with drunken driving in connection with the head-on collision that killed a Litchfield couple on Nov. 9.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2019
Portland police seeking driver of van that hit and killed dog
The incident involving a dark-colored Toyota Sienna happened on St. John Street early Saturday, likely damaging the van’s front and passenger-side bumper, police say.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2019
Three arrested Sunday following traffic stop in Lebanon
The driver, Sasha Wooster of Berwick, was wanted on a felony warrant for possession of dangerous drugs.
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