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
May 26, 2015

Authorities investigating how Maine teenager died during fishing trip

Darren Clement, 18, of Medford was found in a brook in Rainbow Township on Sunday night after separating from his uncle and cousin.
Published
May 22, 2015

Boy Scouts’ president praised in Maine for stand against ban on gays

The state’s largest Boy Scout organization already has a policy that says sexual orientation should not be a factor in any scouting activity.
Published
May 21, 2015

Interstate 95 bridge in northern Maine damaged by crash

Police say a tree limber that was too high on a trailer hit the Smyrna Road bridge in Oakfield, and the repair job could force a lane closure all summer.
Published
May 21, 2015

David Rockefeller to donate 1,000-plus acres on Mount Desert Island

To celebrate his 100th birthday, he plans to donate the land, which abuts Acadia National Park, to the nonprofit Land and Garden Preserve.
Published
May 19, 2015

Bath man wins $2 million in Powerball

The retired obstetrician bought the winning ticket at Brackett’s Market on Front Street.
Published
May 19, 2015

Donor provides $5,000 to save Bath’s Memorial Day parade

The local American Legion post had said it would be unable to put on this year’s parade because of the costs it incurred in an illegal-gambling case.
Published
May 18, 2015

Fined in gambling case, American Legion post can’t afford Bath parade

Monday’s Memorial Day parade is canceled because of the Smith-Tobey post’s ‘severe financial difficulties’ after its plea to a felony charge.
Published
May 18, 2015

Body of missing Connecticut woman found in Ogunquit

Police say Kristen Daigle, who was last seen at 9 p.m. Saturday, apparently committed suicide.
Published
May 17, 2015

Maine high court rules developer owes Wiscasset $846,000 in back taxes

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds a 2013 decision that Mason Station LLC failed to respond in a timely manner after the town filed a complaint.
Published
May 14, 2015

Maine train advocate says Downeaster engineers vigilant about speed limit

Downeaster trains can go up to 125 mph but current track configuration cannot accommodate speeds over 79 mph.