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
June 4, 2018

Pamela Wood, founder of Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, dies at 88

Her family and colleagues hail the institute’s longtime leader as a visionary teacher with a passion for storytelling.
Published
June 4, 2018

Man charged with murder in death of Bar Harbor teenager

Jalique Keene, 21, of Bar Harbor is accused of killing Mikaela Conley, 19, whose body was found during a search Saturday.
Published
June 4, 2018

LePage administration must follow voter-approved law, put Medicaid expansion in motion, court rules

The judge rejects the state’s claim that it can’t proceed without funding and orders it to file paperwork allowing up to 70,000 low-income Mainers to start applying for health coverage July 2.
Published
June 3, 2018

Maine State Police identify body found in Bar Harbor

They say the body discovered Saturday during a search was that of a missing local resident, Mikaela Conley, 19.
Published
June 3, 2018

Saco woman killed in Portland ATV accident identified

The crash happened Saturday night in North Deering, according to police.
Published
May 31, 2018

Death of dolphin on Maine beach attributed to parasites

The Atlantic white-sided dolphin was seen thrashing off Fort Foster on May 25 and died shortly afterward.
Published
May 31, 2018

Brunswick police ask for help finding man who walked away from home

Police say Daniel Gagnon, 26, was last seen on foot Wednesday afternoon wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts.
Published
May 31, 2018

Thefts of bells from ocean buoys are putting lives at risk, Coast Guard says

Authorities ask the public for help in identifying whoever has removed brass gongs and bells from 6 navigation buoys off the Maine coast.
Published
May 30, 2018

Portland artist Zoo Cain loses roughly 100 of his works in Valley Street fire

He is grateful that everyone got out of the building safely and is taking his loss in stride, saying ‘When you are 66 years old, you can’t get too attached to anything.’
Published
May 30, 2018

Mother charged after Waterboro crash injures child who was not in a car seat

Jacquelyn Griffin, 30, of Plainsville, Massachusetts, faces an aggravated driving to endanger charge following the one-car crash Wednesday.