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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PublishedApril 16, 2018
Five scramble to safety after truck plunges into river in Windham
The men escaped through the pickup’s windows shortly before it sank Monday afternoon beneath the Pleasant River Bridge, according to one passenger.
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PublishedApril 15, 2018
Scarborough man arrested after standoff, charged with domestic assault
Joshua Knowles’ girlfriend told police that he had threatened to shoot her in the kneecaps.
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PublishedApril 15, 2018
N.H. woman arrested after entering Cornish home uninvited, sheriff says
The three residents were forced to restrain the woman, who was intoxicated and became aggressive, York County Sheriff William King says.
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PublishedApril 12, 2018
Two pit bulls shot and wounded, Buxton police say
Officers are investigating the incident at 43 Fifield Drive in which one of the dogs ran off after being shot in the hind legs.
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PublishedApril 12, 2018
Biddeford man charged with shooting out window at Saco business
Emil Girard also is charged with taking a motorbike.
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PublishedApril 12, 2018
Two taken to hospital after 3-car crash on Route 302 in Windham
The pileup forced Windham police to close part of the roadway for about an hour Thursday afternoon.
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PublishedApril 11, 2018
Armed robber chased away from Old Orchard Beach variety store
It isn’t known yet whether police believe the incident is related to a string of recent armed robberies in southern Maine.
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PublishedApril 11, 2018
About 97,000 CMP customers saw bills spike 50 percent or more this winter
Maine’s public advocate says he was ‘stunned’ to see that so many bills jumped, and he criticizes the company for withholding the numbers until this week.
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PublishedApril 11, 2018
Cape Elizabeth to examine high turnover of school administrators
Janet Villiotte tells the Town Council her research shows 22 administrators have left the district within the past 6 years.
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PublishedApril 10, 2018
Cape Elizabeth house severely damaged by fire to be torn down
No one was home at the time the fire struck early Tuesday, and investigators will be searching through the rubble to try to determine a cause.
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