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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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Feature Obituary: Winifred ‘Winnie’ Barker, 106, maintained positive outlook
She did not diet or exercise regularly and on occasion would have an alcoholic beverage. Despite not following conventional health wisdom, Winifred “Winnie” Dyer Barker lived for more than a century. Mrs. Barker died Friday in Sarasota, Fla., where she had lived for the past 40 years. A native of Cumberland, she was 106 years […]
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Aggressive fox killed after attacks at park
Two people are bitten and Two Lights State Park is evacuated before the animal is put down.
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Storms, winds take toll on region
Violent thunderstorms hit the western mountains and southern sections of Maine on Wednesday evening, knocking out power, setting a ski lodge on fire and capsizing a canoe in the Saco River. At 11 p.m. Wednesday, about 14,500 Central Maine Power Co. customers — most in Oxford, Somerset and Kennebec counties — were without electricity. The […]
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Falmouth planners delay decision on Walmart’s proposed expansion
Disagreements about design issues remain and residents oppose a plan to relocate a bus stop.
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Armed with pails, teams scale castle heights
Beach lovers take their child’s play seriously for the sand sculpture contest in Ocean Park on Sunday.
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House Wyeth made famous is national landmark
The Olson House in Cushing was a critical part of Andrew Wyeth’s art and life for 30 years.
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Critics plead for jetport-noise relief
Airport officials say traffic over South Portland can be reduced once the FAA approves a new route.
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Paul LePage plans trade trip to Brazil, Chile
The trade mission, similar to trips by Govs. King and Baldacci, will include Maine businesspeople.
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Maine AIDS Alliance chief leaving for Clean Elections post
Andrew Bossie, who has been the alliance’s executive director since 2007, will finish his duties July 1.