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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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Amtrak Downeaster ridership rebounds from pandemic slowdown
The 2023 total surpassed 500,000 passengers for the first time since 2019, indicating that the Boston-to-Brunswick service has mostly recovered from pandemic-related disruptions.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Gouldsboro man killed in UTV crash
The Maine Warden Service is investigating the crash of a utility terrain vehicle in Washington County
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PublishedAugust 6, 2023
National Weather Service warns of possible flash flooding in Maine starting Monday
Multiple rounds of storms packing heavy rain could trigger flash flooding Monday night into Tuesday.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2023
Game wardens find Virginia man who became lost in woods
Donald Cook, 64, told wardens he became disoriented while looking for moose tracks behind a vacation house in the Aroostock County town of New Sweden.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2023
Mysterious purple plume emitted by Portland waste plant Thursday morning
Ecomaine said the plume was most likely caused by a larger than normal amount of iodine in the waste stream.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2023
Berwick police investigating road rage incident
Police believe a teen driver accidentally hit a woman who had gotten out of her car after she believed she had been cut off last Friday night.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2023
SUV strikes and kills Vermont man, his grandson, in Sanford
Michael Gilbar, 65, of Jericho, Vermont, and his 15-year-old grandson were killed when the vehicle veered off Old Falls Road.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2023
Police swarm house in Sanford looking for evidence in string of burglaries
There was a heavy police presence at a residence on New Dam Road for most of the day Wednesday, but no one was arrested.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2023
Dump truck hits and kills pedestrian in Saco
Kimberley Lavin, 56, of Saco, was struck near the intersection of Main and Water streets Wednesday afternoon.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2023
Georgia man who recruited Maine homeless men to cash bad checks is sentenced
Mantavious Jones of Atlanta was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in federal prison on a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
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