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.

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Published
July 23, 2018

Excavator removes carcass of 5,500-pound whale from Old Orchard Beach

The badly decomposed whale washed up Sunday morning, while others have come ashore at Kittery Point and Cape Neddick.
Published
July 22, 2018

Nicole Maines will be TV’s first transgender superhero with role on CW’s ‘Supergirl’

After winning a landmark Maine court case for transgender rights in 2014, she’ll break another barrier by playing Nia Nal, also known as the superhero Dreamer, on ‘Supergirl.’
Published
July 19, 2018

Portland men arrested in Walmart lot had fentanyl, weapon, counterfeit money, police say

Police found a stolen gun, a stolen vehicle and an embossing machine used to make fake credit cards, they say.
Published
July 19, 2018

Scarborough Walmart evacuated after fire fills store with smoke

The fire began in cardboard behind the store in the area where packaging is compacted and prepared for shipping.
Published
July 18, 2018

Police say Florida man captured in Auburn is serial burglar wanted in 9 states

Joseph Hodge was also wanted for at least five burglaries in York and Cumberland counties.
Published
July 18, 2018

LePage pockets tidy profit on sale of Boothbay home

The governor, who lives at the Blaine House, also has a house in Florida.
Published
July 17, 2018

Over 200 CMP customers join class-action lawsuit claiming they were overbilled

Three law firms will represent the customers in their complaint against the company, which has told regulators that 97,000 consumers’ bills increased 50 percent or more last winter.
Published
July 17, 2018

Man, woman arrested in York County fentanyl bust

Freddy Michel Peguero-Matos, 27, of Boston and Laurie A. Fantasia, 45, of Nashua, N.H., had about 350 grams of the powerful drug in their possession when arrested in Springvale, the sheriff says.
Published
July 3, 2018

Oppressive heat, humidity hang in for Independence Day

And with many public buildings closed, air-conditioned relief will be harder to find.
Published
July 3, 2018

Video: Coast Guard lifeboat encounters huge shark off Boothbay Harbor

The crew says the creature appeared to be about 20 feet long and may have been a great white, but a marine expert says it also could have been a basking shark.