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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PublishedMarch 13, 2014
Portland’s high-tech parking-fee machines, weather don’t mix
Ten of the city’s 55 new curbside devices freeze up and fail during the latest storm. The state-of-the-art solution? Hit ’em with a little heat.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2014
Bowdoin hockey team’s bus crashes into restaurant
No one was injured, as the team was inside the building eating lunch.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2014
Maine pair arrested after woman confronts burglar
The Raymond woman was able to give police a description of the man’s vehicle and a passenger.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2014
Portland and Nova Scotia ferry reach deal on lease
Terms of the proposal for use of the Ocean Gateway terminal will be presented Wednesday at City Hall.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2014
Man hit, killed by train in Old Orchard Beach
Police suspect suicide after witnesses say he walked in front of a Downeaster.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2014
LePage to offer plan to expand Maine’s ‘War on Drugs’
The proposal calls for four new judges, 14 agents and four assistant attorneys general for drug cases.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2014
Maine man charged with burning down his diner
Police could offer no reason why Karl Maine would set fire to Jake’s Diner in Limington.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2014
Crash on I-295 in Portland injures one, slows traffic
Southbound traffic backs up into Falmouth on Monday afternoon after three cars collide.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2014
Trauma for three Mainers at TD Garden
Their parents seek answers after a pole falls from above and hits two of the college students on the head, giving them both concussions.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2014
York firefighters quickly extinguish house fire
YORK — A fire that broke out in a York Village home late Sunday night was quickly extinguished by firefighters. The York Fire Department said everyone in the 1.5-story home at 9 River Meadow Lane got out safely. The fire, which was reported around 10:30 p.m., had been knocked down and controlled by 11:15 p.m. […]
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