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 11, 2021

Maine colleges, students to get more than $105 million in federal pandemic relief

At least half of the American Rescue Plan funding will be distributed to students as emergency financial aid.
Published
May 10, 2021

Maine panel endorses bill that would prohibit firing workers without cause

The measure would end ‘at-will’ employment in Maine, which allows employers to terminate workers for any reason that doesn’t violate anti-discrimination laws.
Published
May 10, 2021

Multiple crews fight wildfire in Oxford County town of Brownfield

Several fire departments, the Maine Forest Service and a helicopter have been called to battle a wildfire that broke out on Frost Mountain.
Published
May 9, 2021

Motorcycle crash in York County kills woman

Marisa Standly, 27, of Springvale died in the crash Sunday afternoon on Emery Mills Road in Shapleigh.
Published
May 9, 2021

Former Portland police chief may run for governor in Michigan

Republicans hope that Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was police chief in Maine’s largest city for two years, will challenge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2022.
Published
May 6, 2021

Catalytic converters stolen from a variety of vehicles in Portland, police say

Authorities in Sanford issued a similar warning this week about such thefts, which are an increasing trend regionally and nationally.
Published
May 5, 2021

Firefighters respond to fire at University of Maine library

The fire at the Raymond H. Fogler Library was reported shortly after 9 p.m.
Published
May 5, 2021

Augusta woman wins big on ‘Jeopardy!’

Jamie Carter Logan won more than $32,000 on the popular TV quiz show Wednesday evening.
Published
April 29, 2021

Nurses at Maine Medical Center vote to form their first labor union

The 1,001-750 vote means about 2,000 nurses who work at Maine’s largest hospital and other locations in the area will be represented in labor negotiations by the Maine State Nurses Association and National Nurses United.
Published
April 29, 2021

Maine’s supreme court rejects Noah Gaston’s appeal of his murder conviction

The justices also dismissed the former Windham man’s contention that court restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic unfairly affected his sentencing hearing.