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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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014
Bristol man arrested, charged with marijuana trafficking
Police say he had a pot-growing operation on his Lincoln County property
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014
Parts of Biddeford on edge after pair of arsons
But police say there’s no link between a fatal fire set Thursday and one on Sunday night that led to an arrest.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2014
Route 1 in Scarborough reopens after crash topples utility poles
Police say it appears that a hit-and-run driver broke one pole, which pulled down a larger pole and the wires on it.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2014
Tractor-trailer crosses median in fatal Maine Turnpike crash
A woman from Rhode Island, driving an SUV, is killed in Kittery in the head-on crash, which backs up traffic twice.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2014
Court complaint seeks to force York to include pot ballot question
The board of selectmen has twice refused to ask voters whether they want to allow recreational use of marijuana in town.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2014
Barn fire in Durham burns hay, but building is spared
The fire was likely started by a spark from a rider lawn mower, says the town’s fire chief
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2014
Maine experts discourage use of corporal punishment
Counselors say spanking a child the way an NFL star did mostly instills fear and is ineffective at changing behavior.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2014
Missing Massachusetts teenager found safe on Hermit Island
The boy was found hours after getting separated from his school group.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2014
Westbrook’s public safety director to leave next month
Michael Pardue, who serves as the city’s fire chief and police chief, plans to focus on his consulting firm, The Tideview Group.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2014
Suspect in Camden pharmacy standoff found dead
Police say 44-year-old Robert Beerman entered the store just after 7 p.m. Monday and took a pharmacist hostage. The woman was released unharmed at about midnight.
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