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
December 5, 2018

Fire breaks out in Brunswick mobile home park

No one was injured, and the extent of damage to the home in Bay Bridge Estates was not known Wednesday night
Published
December 4, 2018

Leeds man accused of driving to endanger on the Maine Turnpike

State police say Alfred Bellanceau, 51, also stole from a convenience store, drove drunk and left the scene of an accident.
Published
December 4, 2018

Maine to get $613,000 in settlement with Uber over data breach

Each affected Uber driver in Maine will receive a $100 payment because the California-based company took a year to inform them that their personal information had been compromised.
Published
December 4, 2018

Stephen King’s demonic clown Pennywise will return in sequel

‘It: Chapter Two’ is set in the same Maine town 27 years after the original.
Published
December 3, 2018

Riverside Golf Course to offer improved Nordic skiing conditions

The city and a nonprofit join forces to acquire equipment that will lead to greatly improved grooming of cross-country ski trails at the city-owned golf course.
Published
December 3, 2018

Woman gets 2½ years in prison for drug trafficking in central Maine

Melina Snead, 25, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine between June 2015 and March 2017, the U.S. attorney says.
Published
December 2, 2018

Fire in Biddeford apartment building causes minor damage

The fire at 75 Saco Falls Way started in a basement dumpster, the Fire Department says.
Published
November 29, 2018

York County deputies justified in shooting armed Arundel man, AG’s office concludes

Sgt. Steven Thistlewood and Deputy Heath Mains killed 37-year-old Chad Dionne after he fired a gun at them during a domestic dispute call, the report says.
Published
November 29, 2018

Police find dump truck driver who may have seen fatal crash in Windham

One of the two vehicles involved may have crossed the center line, leading to the collision that killed 34-year-old Adam Clark of Augusta on Nov. 13, police say.
Published
November 29, 2018

Traffic stop in Windham uncovers suspected mobile meth lab

Police stopped the black GMC Envoy as part of a shoplifting investigation in North Windham, before officers found materials consistent with methamphetamine production.