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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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
Popular Rock Row concert venue in Westbrook done for 2021 season, at least
Developers of the Rock Row development notified residents this week that there will be no more shows this year at the Maine Savings Pavilion, and possibly beyond.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2021
Maine Turnpike Authority predicts holiday weekend traffic will approach pre-pandemic levels
Labor Day weekend 2021 also will mark the end of a holiday tradition, with the new toll plaza in York set to open this month.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2021
Curt Hazlett, former managing editor of the Portland Press Herald, dies at 68
Hazlett died Tuesday of complications of multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, his family said.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2021
Three Maine nursing homes announced closures this week, and more appear imminent
Staffing shortages are driving the closures, but other reasons, such as workers’ reluctance to get the COVID-19 vaccine, have contributed, health officials say.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2021
Colby College hires director for artificial intelligence institute
Amanda Stent, a nationally known expert on artificial intelligence and human language, will serve as the new director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Parents of Maine man who disappeared more than 2 decades ago increase reward for information
The parents of Angel Torres, last seen in Biddeford in 1999, are now offering $20,000 for information that leads to the recovery of his remains or the person responsible for his disappearance.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2021
Man arrested after series of burglaries in Casco
Austin Swanson-Monge, 23, faces several charges after his arrest on Sunday, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2021
More than 125 boats participate in protest on Frenchman Bay
Sunday’s ‘Save the Bay’ flotilla was a demonstration against plans by American Aquafarms to place an industrial salmon farm off the coast of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2021
Skeletal remains found last spring in Casco shed identified as missing daughter of homeowner
The remains belong to Denise Scott Ramsey, the daughter of Douglas Scott Sr., whom she had lived with before disappearing a year and a half ago.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2021
UMaine System campuses now require masks for everyone indoors
The announcement by the state university system, to be reevaluated at the end of September, follows a similar move by Bates College in Lewiston and will affect thousands of students, faculty, staff members and visitors.
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