Dennis Hoey

Portland 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
September 30, 2019

New York man imprisoned 2 years for drug trafficking

Sharoz Hayward was sentenced Monday for trafficking heroin and cocaine base.
Published
September 30, 2019

Police seek answers to discovery of unconscious bicyclist in West Bath

The man was found lying beside the road in West Bath, but neither he nor authorities know how he got there.
Published
September 30, 2019

Alfred man arrested on warrant charging him with violent crime

Maine State Police took 20-year-old Brandon Daigle into custody without incident.
Published
September 29, 2019

Suspicious package at South Portland rail yard causes Amtrak Downeaster delays

Police ordered a halt to all rail traffic through Rigby Yard after workers there noticed an item attached to a rail car Sunday afternoon.
Published
September 26, 2019

Maine woman becomes first person to logroll across the Mississippi

It took Alissa Wetherbee of Ellsworth about 30 minutes to make the 500-yard crossing.
Published
September 26, 2019

This September has been one of the driest on record so far in Portland

But the dry conditions are not affecting foliage season, which is right on schedule, tourism officials say.
Published
September 25, 2019

Pingree and Collins react to latest revelations in whistleblower case

While Republican Sen. Susan Collins says the summary of a phone call President Trump made to Ukraine’s leader ‘raises some key questions,’ Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree says it provides ‘indisputable evidence’ the president abused his office.
Published
September 25, 2019

Tests show air is safe following Farmington gas explosion

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection says it will continue to monitor air quality at the blast site.
Published
September 25, 2019

Biddeford woman sentenced for promoting prostitution

Lourdes Suero, 46, of Biddeford was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison
Published
September 24, 2019

Maine’s congressional delegation reacts along party lines to impeachment inquiry

Sen. Collins declines to comment because an impeachment inquiry could result in a trial in the Senate, while Reps. Pingree and Golden, and Sen. King say the president has crossed a line if a whistleblower’s accusations are true.