Kevin Moras alerted the third-floor tenant and helped her and two children escape.
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 boat show:’Wall-to-wall eye candy’ for boaters
The show will feature more than 200 exhibitors and more than 100 custom built boats, from cruisers and yachts to dories and sailboats.
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Boy rescued from ice floe in Bath
The boy crawls to safety on a ladder after rescue personnel arrive in response to a passer-by’s call.
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Most areas see 8 to 12 inches of heavy, wet snow
Dozens of cars slide off roads around Maine, and the heavy wet snow brought down tree limbs and power lines.
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Wild, wacky weather brings blow after blow to Maine
Powerful winds cause 94,000 CMP customers to lose electricity over the course of Thursday.
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Police need help finding missing Casco boy
Michael Pendexter has been missing since 2 p.m. and may be headed to Portland.
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Maine 13-year-old charged following school death threat
Police say the student scratched a message into the school’s bathroom wall, which “stated that people would be killed” and “had a specific date.”
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Labor mural gets a new home in Augusta
The artwork made famous when LePage removed it from an agency lobby is now in the state museum.
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Daughter interrupts mother’s attempted suicide but not before shots are fired
No one is injured but the matter remains under investigation by the Bath Police Department.
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State owned snow plow truck takes out utility pole in Falmouth
The accident forces police to close a section of Route 26.