Maine News Updates

AUGUSTA -- A bill that awaits final passage in the Maine Senate would help truckers who use energy-saving alternative power units.

ROCKPORT -- Down East Entreprise Inc., owner of Down East magazine, is laying off seven of its 62 employees, changing the job status of about a dozen other employees, and cutting wages for most sta

PORTLAND -- Rock Around the World, a fundraising event to benefit the city's multilingual summer school programs, will be held tonight at the Italian Heritage Center.

Portland -- Allen Avenue will be closed again today, so workers can make repairs to the street which was closed all day Wednesday due to a water main break.

This update was changed at 10:30 a.m. Friday to correct the name for Owls Nest Road.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.  -- FairPoint Communications Inc. posted a fourth-quarter loss as higher expenses weighed on results.

AUGUSTA -- We've certainly had a snowy winter, but for now the threat of spring flooding from the melt-off  is near normal, state officials say.

JONESPORT -- A 76-year-old Jonesport man with dementia is safe after becoming lost in the woods near his home yesterday.

MAINE -- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is coming back to Maine, looking for another family to feature on the home makeover show.