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 29, 2011
Feature Obituary: Brett Thomas Cooper, 34, for whom ‘life was an adventure’
In 1998, Brett Thomas Cooper was working in northern Maine as a whitewater rafting guide when he came across a head-on crash on a back road. Mr. Cooper, who was a wilderness emergency medical technician, used CPR to assist a woman who had been injured in the crash. “She was badly hurt,” said Mr. Cooper’s […]
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PublishedDecember 28, 2011
Man threatens to shoot store clerk before making off with cash
No weapon is displayed during the robbery at the Shaw’s Supermarket on Payne Road in Scarborough
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PublishedDecember 28, 2011
Seven towns fight fire in Whitefield
The cause of the fire at 90 Rockland Road remains under investigation
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PublishedDecember 28, 2011
Feature obituary: Timothy D. Hagerman, 26, ‘a leader and a good player’
Just four months after getting married, Timothy D. Hagerman learned he had cancer. The former southern Maine high school and college basketball player was diagnosed in February 2011. His wife, Molly, said the cancer — doctors were not able to identify the disease’s origins — got progressively worse. At the end of his life, he was in […]
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PublishedDecember 28, 2011
Police still seeking ID of body found in Brunswick
Police say the cause of death does not appear to be suspicious.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2011
Santa gives away money
An anonymous Portland Santa handed out more than $3,000 on Wednesday to people waiting outside a food pantry. Each got a $100 bill.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2011
Former Lincoln County sheriff dies at the age of 72
William Carter served Lincoln County for 37 years, the longest tenure of anyone who has held the position of sheriff in Lincoln County
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PublishedDecember 21, 2011
Limington woman killed in car crash
The cause of the crash, which took the life of 41-year-old Tanya Hart, remains under investigation.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2011
At least at the present time,Maine post offices are abuzz
The line of customers waiting to ship packages and holiday cards from Portland’s main post office Tuesday night stretched from the service counter to the outer lobby. On Monday, the line went all the way out the door.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2011
‘Layaway angels’ pay for strangers’ gifts
Despite tough economic times, retail chains report an uptick in anonymous acts of generosity.
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