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
February 25, 2020

Westbrook man pleads guilty to distributing images of minors engaged in sex acts

Tyler Garnett, 22, faces a sentence of no less than 5 years and up to 20 years in prison.
Published
February 25, 2020

News Center Maine television studio evacuated because of reported gas leak

The Portland Fire Department investigates a report of a gas leak in the building at High and Congress streets in downtown Portland.
Published
February 24, 2020

Opponents of new vaccine law take on supporters during televised debate

Supporters of the new law to eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions argue that science supports their position while those who want to see the law repealed say it infringes on parental rights.
Published
February 23, 2020

Wiscasset man dies when snowmobile crashes on Moosehead Lake

The victim is identified as Gregory Lemar, 59.
Published
February 23, 2020

Malfunction causes brief partial closure of Casco Bay Bridge

Motorists traveling from Portland to South Portland had to be redirected for about 90 minutes.
Published
February 23, 2020

Warden Service identifies woman killed in Rangeley snowmobile crash

Heather Valentine, 41, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, died when her snowmobile crashed Friday morning on Bald Mountain Camps Trail.
Published
February 23, 2020

Ashland man accused of locking couple inside home

Brandon Saucier faces charges of criminal restraint and terrorizing in connection with incidents that took place in the Aroostook County town of Masardis.
Published
February 21, 2020

Andrew Wyeth’s ‘Christina’s World’ back on view at Museum of Modern Art

The New York City museum is not saying why the painting, known for conveying the hardscrabble life of people in rural Maine, was removed from public view or why it has now has been restored to a gallery on the fifth floor.
Published
February 20, 2020

Portland man arrested in connection with weekend stabbing in Old Orchard Beach

Akram Ibrahim has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.
Published
February 19, 2020

South Berwick-based food writer, co-author taking heat for cookbook’s title

A blogger, who claims to have coined the phrase ‘Rage Baking’ in 2015, says the book overlooks her efforts to fight racial injustice through cooking.