Portland and Falmouth police interrupted a burglary in progress this afternoon at a home on Allen Avenue Extension in Falmouth
Dennis Hoey
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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Organizers of fight against childhood hunger aim high
Organizers of an event to end childhood hunger are aiming high
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Two people injured when deck collapses in Gorham
Two people had to be taken to the hospital tonight after their deck collapsed
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Feature Obituary: Arnold Bryant, 86, decorated WW II bomber navigator
BRUNSWICK — For most of his adult life, he chose not to speak with his family about his experience fighting in World War II. Then, over dinner one night, his grandson Jon Chadwick asked him about the missions he flew as a navigator on a B-18 bomber. Much to his family’s surprise, tears started to […]
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Community Spirit: African refugees graduate from leadership program
PORTLAND — It was a graduation ceremony punctuated by smiles and laughter. At its conclusion, the graduates let out a yell before having coffee and doughnuts. Eighteen refugees from Africa received certificates Wednesday night at the Portland Public Library during the Refugee Leaders Capacity Building program’s third graduation ceremony. Over four months, the graduates, who […]
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Feature Obituary: B. Emmett Nathan, 86, retired journalist
CAPE ELIZABETH – During his lifetime, he worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, as a press relations supervisor for a major telecommunications company, and in his later years wrote a series of columns that appeared on the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram editorial pages. B. Emmett Nathan, a longtime resident of Wildwood condominiums in […]
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Car goes through window of bank in South Portland
Police, fire and rescue crews are at the Bank of America branch at 50 Market St.
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Feature Obituary: Robert Sutherland Sr., 55, loved outdoors, riding motorcycles
NEWCASTLE – Robert Charles Sutherland Sr. rode motorcycles for 40 years, so he was doing what came naturally when he hopped on his bike early Saturday for the trip from his home in Newcastle to his job at the Maine State Prison in Warren. Shortly after he left the house, the motorcycle inexplicably went off […]
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Plans for Exit 48 bridge job stir fears
Business owners urge turnpike officials to avoid an option that would close the span for nine months.
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Rivals unite to back governor candidates
Both parties hold rallies to support their nominees