The Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department arrested Merideth C. Norris, 52, on Wednesday.
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 National Guard Black Hawk helicopter unit will be deployed overseas
Thirty-six soldiers will be deployed in February, most likely to the Middle East, to support U.S. Central Command operations.
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Motorcyclist dies in crash with school bus in Gorham
The accident just before 4 p.m. involved a bus carrying Windham athletes and a third vehicle.
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Police: South Portland High School student dragged by car for half a mile
The driver did not notice that a male student’s hand had become caught in the door of the vehicle.
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Turnpike Exit 45 near Maine Mall will be shut down this weekend
The closure will allow crews to demolish and remove old toll booths.
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Pingree and Thelander meet in final 1st District TV candidate forum
The candidates for Maine’s 1st Congressional District make their case for being given the right to represent coastal and southern Maine.
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Court agrees to fast-track Maine lobstering group’s appeal of whale rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia agrees to expedite the Maine Lobstermen’s Association’s appeal of a National Marine Fisheries Service decision regarding right whale protections.
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Dive team recovers body of missing Vinalhaven man
Owen Adair, 31, had not been seen since Oct. 13.
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Section of Route 9 in Durham closed for 2 weeks after culvert collapses
Transportation officials say recent rains were to blame for the collapse.
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Two drivers killed when van collides with car in Waterboro
A Westbrook man and a North Waterboro woman died at the scene Tuesday morning, while 2 passengers were treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries.