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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PublishedJanuary 12, 2014
Two missing surfers found safe off Kennebunkport
Searchers locate the pair after rough surf conditions force them to swim to an island and away from Goose Rocks Beach.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2014
New ferry Wabanaki arrives in Portland
Casco Bay Lines says its replacement for the aged Island Romance is a passenger pleaser.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2014
Traffic light out at busy Scarborough intersection
Volunteers are directing traffic at routes 114 and 22 after the signal was damaged when power lines fell on it.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2014
Windham man attacks father, paramedic, nurse
The father called police just before noon to report that he had been attacked by his adult son, police say.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2014
Mainer dies in I-95 crash
Police don’t yet know what led to the rollover crash.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2014
Jet’s warning of landing gear problem in Portland is false alarm
The US Airways flight from Philadelphia lands without incident.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2014
Charles ‘Chick’ O’Leary, former Maine AFL-CIO president, dies at age 76
One of Maine’s best-known labor leaders has died. Charles John “Chick” O’Leary, who served as president of the Maine AFL-CIO for 20 years, passed away at his home in Orono on Friday. Mr. O’Leary, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in September, was 76. “He was always a champion of the underdog,” said his wife, […]
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2014
Idling cars cause gas odor at Portland apartment building, fire department says
Crews clear the fumes at 100 State Street in about 20 minutes.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2014
Mainer killed during random act of road rage, police say
Officials appeal for help in finding a pickup driver who pursued a young Poland man and shot him in Pennsylvania.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2014
Storm brings extreme winds, bitter cold to Maine
And it’s only going to get worse as Maine endures a storm that combines close to a foot of snow, whipping winds and the harshest deep freeze in decades.
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