The school board pushes back start times based on recommendations for students’ health, joining a national movement.
Dennis Hoey
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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Collins breaks ranks with Republican leaders over Supreme Court nominee
Maine’s senior senator tells CNN the Senate should follow ‘regular order’ and consider any nomination from President Obama.
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Two men wounded when handgun accidentally fires in Brunswick
They were attending a party when the Sig Sauer 9mm pistol they were handling went off, police say.
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Boy found dead after gunshot prompts police to close road, evacuate homes in Falmouth
The police chief says the county’s tactical team was called in after officers heard a shot at a home on Inverness Road.
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Gov. LePage heckled at town hall meeting in Freeport
Several people walk out after sparring with the governor over welfare benefits for asylum-seekers, an immigrant group he describes as ‘the biggest problem in our state.’
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Maine’s delegation displeased by response to concerns about North Woods national monument
Sens. Collins and King, and Rep. Poliquin say the reply from the National Park Service ignores ‘the voice of those who call the Katahdin region their home.’
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Collins’ committee hears how ‘romance scam’ left retired Maine minister in Spanish prison
The predicament of Joseph Bryon Martin, 77, of Dresden is revealed as a panel led by Sen. Susan Collins looks into the ‘cruel, clever’ crimes of traffickers who target senior citizens.
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Maine man fatally shoots fellow hunter, a Connecticut trooper, on Texas ranch
Alvin Chase of Warren, who has not been charged, was in a party pursuing wild boar when he fired into brush and hit the victim.
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Blowing snow makes it a day of white-knuckle driving in southern Maine
The storm was expected to drop as much as 8 inches of snow, as wind and falling temperatures made it ‘kind of nasty out there.’
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Bath Viaduct replacement project set to begin in May
The full impact of the viaduct closure, set for October 2016 through May 2017, remains unknown.