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
August 17, 2021

Second inmate imprisoned for 1980s murder dies, a week after his accomplice

Joseph Albert, 77, was serving a 70-year sentence for murder in the death of 19-year-old Justine Renee Gridley of Orono in the 1980s.
Published
August 17, 2021

Injured hiker evacuated by helicopter from Baxter State Park

The New Jersey woman was airlifted from Doubletop Mountain Tuesday night after suffering a leg injury while hiking.
Published
August 17, 2021

Hard-hit Maine transportation companies set to receive COVID relief funds

Eleven Maine companies are eligible, but final allocations from the $1.6 billion Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services funding program have not been decided.
Published
August 16, 2021

Motorcylist dies in head-on collision with SUV in Topsham

Topsham police said the rider, who has not yet been identified, was operating a 1983 Honda when it crossed the center line on Augusta Road and hit an SUV traveling in the opposite direction.
Published
August 15, 2021

Artists paint the town (literally) in Cape Elizabeth

The artwork they created over the weekend will be sold at the 14th annual Paint for Preservation auction Aug. 28-29 to benefit the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust.
Published
August 11, 2021

Driver charged with 2 counts of manslaughter in Waterboro crash that killed man and boy

Charles Stoddard, 64, of Waterboro, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with the accident outside the Cozi Corner Cafe on July 31.
Published
August 10, 2021

Convicted murderer dies in Maine prison

Harold Glidden, 74, was serving a 70-year sentence for killing a teenage hitchhiker.
Published
August 10, 2021

Fire guts large barn attached to 181-year-old farmhouse in Raymond

Firefighters from 9 towns responded to the fire, which broke out Tuesday afternoon.
Published
August 10, 2021

Portland clears the way for UMaine law school to move into Old Port office building

The law school plans to move its students and faculty to an Old Port building by January, and house them there until a new law school is completed in about 5 years.
Published
August 8, 2021

Consolidated Communications, two unions reach tentative contract deals

After earlier contracts technically expired at midnight Saturday, the sides returned to the bargaining table and reached agreements late Sunday that will be submitted to union members for ratification.