In a full life brimming with spirit and activity, she made time to foster connections in many ways.
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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Portland man seriously injured in car-moose collision
The accident occurred on Oak Hill Road in Standish.
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Portland man seriously injured when car, moose collide
STANDISH — Two people were injured after their car collided Sunday night with a 500-pound bull moose. Cumberland County Chief Deputy Kevin Joyce said the collision took place around 8:30 p.m. on Oak Hill Road. The driver, 31-year-old Justin Webber of Portland, had to be extricated from his 1997 Chevrolet Lumina. He was taken to […]
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Update: Search for women continues after kayaks found
The young women set out from Peaks Island headed toward Ram Island.
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Coast Guard rescues people aboard sinking boat
A crew from South Portland responds to a cell phone call for help off Cape Porpoise.
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Elected mayor all but on a ballot
Portland’s Charter Commission votes to include the proposal, and ranked voting, in its preliminary report.
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Residents flee Park Street fire
PORTLAND — A home for people with mental illness was evacuated late Thursday after fire broke out in a third-floor apartment. Deputy Fire Chief Robert Wassick said three engines, three ladder trucks and two ambulances were sent to 130 Park St. around 10 p.m. When they arrived at the brick building, which is owned by […]
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Police cruiser and moose collide
The collision occurred around 3 a.m. today in Casco. The driver was not hurt.
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Panel backs tax break to keep law firm in city
The plan would be worth $2.8 million over 20 years on a waterfront ‘eyesore’ renovated to house Pierce Atwood.