Inspectors check food being ferried to restaurants and markets, after reports of unrefrigerated shipments sitting on docks for hours.
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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State police investigate home invasion in Minot
Three occupants suffer minor injuries, and police later find drugs, money and firearms in the residence.
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Maine political activist Andrew Ian Dodge dies at age 46
A Colby College graduate, Dodge announced in June that he had incurable cancer.
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Maine trooper shoots, kills man in LaGrange standoff
The incident began after deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance.
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Rock climber falls 60 feet after slipping at Acadia National Park
In 2012, a woman died after a fall on the same trail.
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Lightning strike in Naples sets house on fire
The strike Thursday afternoon forced a mother and her two children to flee.
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Public input enhanced in Maine’s new dam law
Legislation to give sportsmen and waterfront property owners a greater say in relicensing passes in response to DEP having missed deadlines in 2013.
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Fire in Westbrook displaces 45 residents of condo complex
The blaze at the Dolley Brook Condominiums on East Bridge Street causes damage to 24 units.
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Pilot whale washes up on Popham Beach, drawing crowd
A necropsy will be performed to determine how the marine mammal died.
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Board votes 11-0 to let Freeport leave three-town school district
If the plan is approved by the state, voters could decide in November whether to withdraw from the district Freeport formed with Durham and Pownal.