Maine News Updates

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials in Rockland say they’ve gotten word the Maine Department of Transportation will pay to repair a 50- by 25-foot sinkhole that opened in about 90 minutes.

Augusta’s Julia Clukey and Maine native Megan Sweeney fell out of medal
contention Monday in the two-day Olympic women’s singles luge event at

AUGUSTA -- A Maine conservative think tank is launching a Web site that takes a close look at spending in the state's schools.

Augusta
SUNDAY
1:35 p.m., a disturbance was reported at a Glenridge Drive apartment.
2:01 p.m., police received a report of intoxicated people on the Memorial Bridge.

Augusta
SATURDAY

Augusta
FRIDAY
At 8:14 p.m., police received a report of a theft at a Whitten Road store.
9:59 p.m., a disturbance was reported at Greentree Apartments on New England Road.

WHITEFIELD -- The North Whitefield Volunteer Fire Department has been awarded a $166,250 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program grant.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The IOC has confirmed that a men's Olympic luger from the country of Georgia has died after a crash during training.

AUGUSTA -- Wildlife officials say hunters killed 18,045 deer in Maine last fall, a 14 percent decline from 2008 and the smallest deer harvest since the 1930s.

AUGUSTA - Officials are awaiting air quality test results from monitoring done after four Cony High School students fainted in the music room Wednesday.