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 2, 2014
Strong, early storm cuts power to 137,000 homes
Canadian crews are called in to help restore electricity, which may take several days in some areas.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2014
Canadian company to buy paper mill in Rumford
Catalyst Paper says it has a deal to buy the Maine mill and one in Wisconsin from NewPage for $74 million.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2014
Nurse emerges from Ebola quarantine to speak to media under police watch
Kaci Hickox, who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, says she is fighting a state quarantine order on behalf of ‘other aid workers coming back every day.’
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PublishedOctober 21, 2014
Maine rapper Spose has equipment stolen while on tour
The Wells-based artist says $30,000 worth of valuables were taken from his van in St. Louis.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2014
Gardiner police seek information on missing boy
Michael J. Booth, 14, has been missing since Saturday night.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2014
Hillary Clinton coming to Maine on Friday to stump for Michaud
The former first lady and secretary of state will appear at a campaign rally at Scarborough High School.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2014
Nightmare where graves supposedly relocated: Eight sets of remains found in Cornish
Officials suspect a contractor moved headstones but not the bodies when a cemetery site was cleared for a town hall in the 1920s.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2014
Scarborough police report possible sighting of mountain lion
The woman photographed the animal in her backyard, and is now keeping her child indoors.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2014
Another blow to Maine’s paper industry: Verso Paper to close Bucksport mill Dec. 1, displacing more than 500 workers
The closure will cost the town of 5,000 people almost half of its tax revenue. The state Department of Labor says the LePage administration has 60 days to find a buyer for the mill, which has operated since 1930.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2014
LePage removes doubt: He will attend gubernatorial debates
Analysts say it’s smart for him to appear so he can clarify his views on Social Security and welfare.
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