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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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Two die, thousands lose power as storm plows through Maine
CMP outages peak at 24,000 as the wintry weather system drops mostly rain along the coast and heavy, wet snow inland. It’s now the fifth-snowiest November on record in Portland.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2018
Man run over in road rage incident in Topsham, police say
The 27-year-old victim is taken to the hospital with a leg injury after getting out of his car and being hit by the driver of a red Ford Focus, police say.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2018
Death of former Deering basketball star after car crash is ruled a suicide
Patrick Lobor, 22, died from a stab wound to the heart after crashing his car and stumbling into Brighton Avenue in July.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2018
Skydiving instructor who died in tandem jump took his own life, police say
Investigators conclude that Brett Bickford, who fell to his death in York County in September, loosened his harness in midair.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2018
Portland police make arrest in Rite Aid robbery
Alexander Angelini, 18, of Barrington, Rhode Island, was apprehended about 4:30 p.m. Monday, several hours after the West End pharmacy was robbed.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2018
Brunswick officer injured when vehicle strikes his parked cruiser
Sgt. Ed Yurek had pulled his cruiser to the side of Route 1 to assist another driver when the accident occurred during Tuesday’s snowstorm.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2018
Police say ATM was put in woods on Deer Isle as a prank
A woman on her morning walk discovered the machine Tuesday and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office investigated.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2018
Professor, UNE reach settlement in sexual harassment lawsuit
Lara Carlson had said department chairman Paul Visich retaliated after she accused him of making inappropriate comments, sending inappropriate emails and touching her inappropriately in 2012.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2018
About 30 vehicles slide off Interstate 95 after tractor-trailer jackknifes near Etna
Authorities say there were only minor injuries in the pileup, which was caused by a change in weather exacerbated by a snow squall that created whiteout conditions.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2018
Winter hasn’t arrived but the snow sure has, and bitter cold is next
A blustery arctic front will move in right behind the 7-8 inches of snow that fell Tuesday over southern Maine, dropping the wind chill to below zero on Thanksgiving.
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