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
April 4, 2016

Windham woman, son survive SUV’s plunge from Bath bridge

Melissa Medina’s vehicle crashes through a guardrail on the Route 1 viaduct and falls onto the bed of a pickup truck, whose driver escapes injury.
Published
April 3, 2016

Westbrook man shot by police recovering

Sean Grossman, 26, was shot in the bridge of his nose, the police chief says.
Published
March 31, 2016

Boothbay collision sends SUV driver, three children on bus to hospital

Police say the SUV crossed the center line and hit the bus head-on, but have not yet explained why.
Published
March 29, 2016

Hackers target Maine school systems for employee W-2s

Brunswick sent W-2s minus Social Security numbers to the scammers.
Published
March 25, 2016

Family of missing Alfred woman ‘extremely concerned’

Judith Therianos, who went to Florida this month, hasn’t been heard from in two weeks.
Published
March 24, 2016

Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Androscoggin County commissioners

A dozen communities sued, claiming the commissioners improperly set their own salaries and approved their own budget in 2014.
Published
March 23, 2016

Transportation provider covering Maine’s midcoast to shut down in April

Coastal Trans Inc., which serves low-income, elderly and disabled riders, says it took a financial hit in 2013, when the Maine Department of Health and Human Services started hiring ride brokers.
Published
March 21, 2016

Poliquin argues against North Woods national monument designation by Obama

Maine’s 2nd District congressman met with a White House official Monday in Washington, his office says.
Published
March 21, 2016

Spring storm causes accidents, school closing controversy

The superintendent in SAD 6, where a school bus slid off a road, posts an apology on the district’s website for his decision to not cancel classes.
Published
March 20, 2016

Teams searching for missing Westbrook man find ‘object of interest’

Maine Marine Patrol officials searched for David Breunig, 21, by air and on the ground Sunday along the Penobscot River in Stockton Springs.