A camp owner saw Robert Burton flee in a canoe or kayak about noon Monday in North Guilford, Maine State Police say.
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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Burt’s Bees co-founder Burt Shavitz dies at 80
Before founding the company with Roxanne Quimby in 1984, Shavitz sold honey out of the back of a truck, which he painted school-bus yellow to attract customers.
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Report of fatal shooting, hostages held in Standish a hoax
Police say a call to 911 was likely a case of ‘swatting.’
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Inmate convicted of 1990 murder dies at Maine State Prison
Willard Eastman, 63, had served 21 years of his 50-year sentence.
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Lewiston cuts aid to newest asylum seekers
The city joins Portland in ending General Assistance for immigrants who arrived after June 30.
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Major provider of elder care to end services in Maine; 1,000 clients affected
Two people who are familiar with the program for home-bound seniors and disabled people blame low MaineCare reimbursement rates.
Posted inPolitics
Sen. Susan Collins endorses Jeb Bush in his run for president
Maine’s Republican senator tells MPBN that she was approached by other candidates but chose Bush for his executive experience.
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Kayakers rescued from island in Androscoggin River
Firefighters from Brunswick and Topsham respond to a call from the swiftly flowing river after a tandem kayak overturns.
Posted inLifestyle
Peaks Island cottage where John Ford spent summers is up for sale
Sunnyside, where the movie director and his family summered for years, is listed for $349,000.
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Oxford County district attorney considers indictments in Turner teenager’s hit-and-run death
Two suspects have been identified in the death of Xavier Fuentes on Route 117 in Paris last year.