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.

Cops & Courts

Police: Too early to link Domino’s robbery in Gorham to 10 others

by Dennis Hoey and Beth Quimby April 8, 2018April 9, 2018

The robber did not show a gun but had his hand under his sweatshirt, police say.

Business, Local & State, Nation & World

Climate change panel outlines national security threats posed by rising sea levels

by Dennis Hoey April 5, 2018April 6, 2018

Even the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery could be affected by the end of the century, according to a member of the panel moderated by Sen. Angus King.

Local & State

Texas man pleads guilty to threatening ex-girlfriend in Maine

by Dennis Hoey April 5, 2018

Shae Ryan Estes is facing up to 5 years in prison for calling the woman in 2017 and threatening to ‘hunt her down,’ U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank says.