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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PublishedDecember 8, 2015
As Portland woman offers coats to needy, warmth spreads to Boston
Gabby Kaper hung more winter coats on trees in downtown Portland this week, and now coats and scarves are showing up on trees in downtown Boston.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2015
Bath Iron Works and its largest union tentatively agree on crucial new contract
Machinists’ Local S6 is expected to vote Sunday on the four-year deal, which could give the shipyard an edge in competing for job-saving work building Coast Guard cutters.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2015
Four Maine lawmakers request criminal investigation of LePage
In a letter to Attorney General Janet Mills, three Democrats and an independent say the governor has abused his power and they want a determination of whether he committed a crime.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2015
Tom Blake inaugurated for third time as South Portland mayor
Blake, an at-large city councilor, calls on the council to resolve conflicts between quality-of-life concerns and the city’s growing business sector.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2015
Collins’ bid fails to preserve Planned Parenthood funding
Maine’s senior senator offered an amendment to restore funding for the women’s health care organization and was one of two Republicans to vote against legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2015
Man shot, killed by Bangor police exchanged shots with officer, chief says
Joshua Jozefowicz, 23, who was being chased by police after running during a traffic stop, died of multiple gunshot wounds, an autopsy shows.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2015
Woman sues York County probate judge over case delay
She says his allegedly retaliatory schedule change led to her loss of a grandchild’s custody.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2015
Deer in roads blamed for 2 Maine accidents
A Mexico man is in critical condition and an Amity woman is hospitalized.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2015
Poliquin bill would limit Obama’s power to designate national monuments
As some push for a national park in Maine’s Katahdin region, the bill would require that any such designation be approved first by the affected state’s governor and legislature.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2015
Fugitive from Sanford arrested in Cambridge, Mass.
Christopher Gonyer, 40, was taken into custody at a job site where he was installing flooring, police say.
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