Dennis Hoey

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.

Local & State

Fast-moving storm drops half a foot of snow over most of Maine

by Dennis Hoey January 19, 2020January 19, 2020

It barreled into the state Saturday night before slipping out during the early morning hours on Sunday.

Local & State, News, Schools and Education

Portland to consider reconfiguring its 8 mainland elementary schools

by Dennis Hoey January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

The school board will discuss a proposal Tuesday to form 4 primary schools and 4 intermediate schools.

Business, Local & State, News

Regulators may investigate whether CMP issued improper disconnection notices

by Dennis Hoey January 16, 2020January 17, 2020

State law prohibits electric utilities from disconnecting customers’ power during winter months without the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s approval.

Elections, Health, Local & State, News, Politics

Group fighting to retain vaccination law tops $58,000 in donations

by Dennis Hoey January 15, 2020January 16, 2020

The group opposes Question 1, which would overturn Maine’s new law eliminating certain exemptions to childhood vaccination requirements.

Local & State, News

Apartment building fire in Portland displaces 17 people

by Dennis Hoey January 15, 2020January 16, 2020

Members of three families living at 49 Hanover St. all got out safely Tuesday night.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News

Police charge Standish couple with operating meth lab

by Dennis Hoey January 15, 2020January 16, 2020

Authorities say Jeffrey Makela and Nicole Makela were manufacturing the drug on the property where they lived with their 4 children – a 3-week-old baby, a 15-month-old boy and girls 10 and 12.