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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PublishedFebruary 2, 2023
Troubling history of Malaga Island takes on added significance a century later
Maine State Archivist Kate McBrien will present a history of Malaga Island this week and the events that led the state to forcibly remove residents from their island home in 1912.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2023
Initiative to require voter approval of state borrowing over $1 billion certified for ballot
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said backers of No Blank Checks collected more than enough signatures to be approved for the state ballot in November.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2023
Heavy snow, rain cause several roof collapses, evacuations at 2 big box retailers
Two big box retail stores in Scarborough were evacuated Thursday morning after a buildup of melting snow and rain caused roof leaks and possible structural damage at a Walmart.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Portland police investigating bank robbery
The robber threatened staff at the Norway Savings Bank on Forest Avenue and demanded cash.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2023
Maine House speaker calls on lawmaker to resign over fraud allegations
Rep. Clinton E. Collamore, D-Waldoboro, has been indicted on forgery and other charges for allegedly violating Maine’s Clean Election Act.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2023
Storm brings accidents, power outages, nearly a foot of snow to most of Maine
As of 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, 36,062 CMP customers had lost power, with all but 48 of them in York County.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2023
On 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Portland rally shines light on abortion rights
Abortion rights proponents speak out against bans being considered in other states after the recently overturned Supreme Court precedent.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
Maine’s floating offshore wind research project clears significant hurdle
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Thursday that the state’s application for a floating offshore wind power research site can move forward.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2023
York Harbor Beach drowning victim relished ocean swims
Dan Bancroft, 72, a skilled storyteller, York Library trustee and former attorney, had taken up cold water swimming after he had retired and he and his wife moved to York about six years ago.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2023
Maine game wardens rescue Cutler man who became lost looking for moose antlers
Rescuers found the 78-year-old man, who had fallen through ice in a bog and become disoriented and hypothermic during Monday’s storm.
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