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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PublishedMay 21, 2015
David Rockefeller to donate 1,000-plus acres on Mount Desert Island
To celebrate his 100th birthday, he plans to donate the land, which abuts Acadia National Park, to the nonprofit Land and Garden Preserve.
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PublishedMay 20, 2015
Scarborough police say suicide victim’s remains found in woods
The body of the Standish man had been behind a shopping plaza off Payne Road since 2013, police say.
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PublishedMay 19, 2015
Bath man wins $2 million in Powerball
The retired obstetrician bought the winning ticket at Brackett’s Market on Front Street.
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PublishedMay 19, 2015
Donor provides $5,000 to save Bath’s Memorial Day parade
The local American Legion post had said it would be unable to put on this year’s parade because of the costs it incurred in an illegal-gambling case.
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PublishedMay 19, 2015
Ceremony will celebrate Nathan Clifford School’s rebirth
The former elementary school in Portland has reopened as a residential complex after a $7 million renovation.
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PublishedMay 18, 2015
Fined in gambling case, American Legion post can’t afford Bath parade
Monday’s Memorial Day parade is canceled because of the Smith-Tobey post’s ‘severe financial difficulties’ after its plea to a felony charge.
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PublishedMay 18, 2015
Hazardous-materials spill reported at York County Jail
A dispatcher says there’s no sign of a fire but there is a smell of bleach.
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PublishedMay 18, 2015
Body of missing Connecticut woman found in Ogunquit
Police say Kristen Daigle, who was last seen at 9 p.m. Saturday, apparently committed suicide.
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PublishedMay 17, 2015
Fire crews battle house fire in West Falmouth
The fire was reported late Sunday night at a residence on Victoria Lane, a dispatcher says.
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PublishedMay 17, 2015
Man seriously injured in Portland domestic dispute
A second man and a woman were involved and are being questioned by police, but no one had been arrested as of Sunday evening.
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