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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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Local man, 56, killed in South Berwick crash
Police say Brian G. Day may have experienced a medical event when his Jeep crossed the centerline, left the road and struck a tree.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2019
Great Diamond Island residents may try to secede from Portland
Frustrated with the city’s treatment of the island, some collect signatures as a first step.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2019
Planned Parenthood will forgo federal funds in Maine, U.S., over abortion ‘gag rule’
The reproductive health care provider will lose $400,000 a year for services in Maine rather than submit to a Trump administration rule that bars it from making abortion referrals.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
Police probe killings of 2 men in Aroostook County
Two local residents were found dead inside a pickup truck in Castle Hill early Tuesday morning, according to Maine State Police.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2019
Maine driver faces drug charge following crash that killed his wife
Joshua Bell was arrested after he was released from a hospital following the Friday night crash on I-95 in Mattamiscontis Township.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
Four hurt, one critically, in horse-drawn wagon crash in Clinton
The two horses, spooked by a loud noise, ran off, sending the wagon into a motor vehicle and telephone pole, a police officer says of the ‘freak accident.’
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PublishedAugust 8, 2019
Portland police close street after finding meth-making chemicals in car
A section of Somerset Street was closed Thursday night while police conducted a drug investigation.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2019
Lewiston man arrested after altercation at Falmouth home
Donald Murphy, who is facing several charges, was restrained by police after he started an altercation with 2 residents of the house, police say.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2019
Gun control advocates plan vigil and rally in Augusta on Saturday night
The events will be held outside the Blaine House starting at 7 p.m.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2019
West Virginia man found guilty of murdering Poland man on Pennsylvania highway
John Strawser Jr. is sentenced to life for killing Timothy Davison of Poland in 2014. It will run concurrently with the one Strawser already is serving for murdering a girlfriend in 2015.
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