Maine News Updates

Gov. John Baldacci will deliver his State of the State address at 7 p.m. March 10, according to his press office.

Matt Jacobson, a 48-year-old president and CEO of Maine & Company in Portland, has formed an exploratory committee to consider running for governor in 2010.

AUGUSTA - - Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron was in Washington with her counterparts from other states to learn more about federal stimulus money that will be used in the schools.

FAYETTE — Selectmen here plan to continue pursuing school district consolidation after the town's voters in January turned down a proposed merger with the Maranacook and Winthrop school districts.<

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AUGUSTA — Maine's forests, rivers and coastal waters, and the industries built on them, all face major changes in the coming decades because of global warming, according to a new report from the Un

LILY BAY TOWNSHIP -- A 68-year-old Maine man has died of injuries suffered in a weekend snowmobile accident on a trail four miles from Kokadjo.

AUGUSTA -- A bill to create a new specialty Maine license plate to raise money for animal welfare programs has won committee support and now faces votes in the House and Senate.