The accident occurred near Main Street in North Berwick Wednesday evening.
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.
Donation allows Fryeburg police to get Tasers
A selectman volunteers to be stunned with the device, and all officers also experience the shock during certification.
Sanford police investigate apparent abduction attempt
Two 10-year-old girls report that a man approached them in a van and grabbed one of them by the shirt.
Mainers cautioned about thunderstorms tonight
Meteorologists say high winds will be a factor, possibly up to 60 mph.
Bucksport woman gets eight years for embezzlement
Lynn M. Bowden is ordered to pay $3.8 million in restitution for taking money from bank customers.
Dragon Cement’s request to increase mercury emissions OK’d
The state BEP votes to raise the company’s yearly limit to 42 pounds of the pollutant, up from 25.
Maine gives land conservation a $9 million boost
The Land for Maine’s Future Board authorizes support for 30 projects across the state.
OSHA: Auburn company facing $816,500 fine faked safety data
Federal regulators say Formed Fiber Technologies falsely reported that violations had been corrected, endangering workers at its Ohio plant.
Narrow gauge rail cars vandalized
The director of Portland’s historic railroad estimates damage from the spree at more than $3,800.
York takes big hit from storm
With near-hurricane force winds, the storm downs trees that damage houses and crush several cars.