William B. Norton, 72, was killed in the crash Sunday morning on Route 302.
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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Maine scientists, academics condemn Trump’s decision on climate accord, see consequences for state
They say that America’s withdrawal from the agreement will endanger the health of Mainers and harm the state’s fisheries and agriculture.
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Divers find body of South Berwick woman whose canoe capsized on Saco River
Meanwhile, a Fryeburg police officer who was injured Saturday during the search for Jennifer Bousquet remains in critical condition.
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Skateboarder collides with car in South Portland, suffers life-threatening injuries
There were several witnesses and the Gorham Police Department’s accident reconstruction team has been called in to investigate.
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Saco man who exchanged gunfire with Gorham police charged with attempted murder
Police say they were about 100 yards away when Aaron Bouchard, 25, fired his weapon three or four times.
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District attorney ends effort to talk with Black Lives protesters
The court orders new efforts to set up a restorative justice meeting called for in a plea deal, but Stephanie Anderson says it won’t happen unless the demonstrators request it.
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Maine State Police photo captured Roger Moore on film shoot in Cape Neddick
A trooper gave the British actor an honorary captain certificate in 1989.
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Red tide prompts state to close many clam flats
The harvesting ban extends from Old Orchard Beach to Harpswell.
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Dr. Henry Ryan, former chief medical examiner in Maine, dies at 78
He modernized the office during his long tenure in the post, and was ‘a force of nature in the forensic world,’ the state’s attorney general says.
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South Portland bank robbery suspect captured trying to flee Maine in cab
Police apprehend Keon Demarco Gaston in Kittery, with the help of witness accounts and a tip.