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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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Mitchell has high hopes for Maine, Mideast
In a speech at USM, Maine’s George Mitchell talks about opportunities – his own as well as those he envisions for struggling people the world over.
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Big Apple store in Portland robbed
Police are searching for the robber who wore a hooded New England Patriots sweat shirt
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Cancer Foundation luncheon raises $70,000 for research
The luncheon held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay raises money for cancer research in Maine
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Accident causing major delays on Maine Turnpike between York and Wells
State Police are investigating a crash that the Maine Turnpike Authority says is causing major traffic delays
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Man dies in Biddeford fire
An elderly resident of the four-story apartment building is rescued by passers-by, and eight people are left homeless.
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One person dead, eight people homeless in Biddeford fire
One person dies, eight people are homeless and two Biddeford firefighters are hospitalized following an early evening fire in the city’s downtown
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Site walk fails to sway Black Point Park foes
Neighbors and beach-goers call the proposal ‘a blatant commercial use’ and say it would affect the parcel’s ecology.
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Former Maine Senator George Mitchell to speak in Portland
Mitchell will speak publicly about the Middle East for the first time since he resigned as Special Envoy
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Feature Obituary: Nancy Anne Kane, 50, devoted single mom, fierce fighter of cancer
During her courageous and challenging eight-year battle with breast cancer, Nancy Anne Kane never forgot the most important thing in her life — how to be a good mom. Ms. Kane, a 50-year-old single mother and longtime Gorham resident, died Thursday in Portland, surrounded by her family. She leaves behind a 17-year-old son, Ben. “She […]