Dennis Hoey

Press Herald

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.

Latest

Published
January 13, 2016

Bigelow Laboratory receives grants to build visitors residences at East Boothbay campus

The research nonprofit receives matching $3.1 million donations from the Harold Alfond Foundation and an anonymous contributor.
Published
January 12, 2016

Portland hit by snow, rain – even thunder and lightning

The weekend forecast calls for another snowstorm to hit southern Maine.
Published
January 12, 2016

Cape Elizabeth superintendent hired by New Hampshire school district

Meredith Nadeau will become superintendent of the Newmarket School District on July 1.
Published
January 10, 2016

Blustery rainstorm knocks out power to 25,000 CMP customers

The number is still in the thousands this morning, as the storm packing wind gusts of 47 mph dumps 2.09 inches of rain on Portland.
Published
January 8, 2016

Maine Department of Corrections seeks $173 million to renovate aging prison in Windham

The 96-year-old Maine Correctional Center is in bad shape, the state says as the bill heads to committee, where critics may object to the price.
Published
January 7, 2016

Islanders express concerns on garage elevator repair

At a meeting with management of the garage they were told of efforts to minimize inconveniences during the construction.
Published
January 5, 2016

Six men sue Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, alleging abuse decades ago

‘Fraudulent concealment’ by church officials allows the ex-altar boys’ cases against a now-deceased priest to go forward, an attorney says.
Published
January 3, 2016

NTSB releases haunting video of El Faro wreckage on ocean floor

The merchant ship carrying 33 crew members, including four from Maine, sank off the Bahamas last fall.
Published
December 29, 2015

Police say 3 people arrested in Deer Isle were in crack cocaine trafficking ring

Agents seize 150 grams of crack and say the group has brought significant amounts of the drug into parts of Hancock County.
Published
December 28, 2015

Vigil for Augusta homicide victims planned for Friday

No arrests are made in the killings of Bonnie Royer and Eric Williams but investigators say they ‘have learned a lot more’ than they knew at the start.

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