Maine News Updates

Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Brenda Harvey said today that she's been working to find additional budget cuts in light of a larger-than-expected budget hole.

AUGUSTA -- Maine charter school advocates will have to wait another year before they get a chance at getting the independently run public schools legalized in the Pine Tree State.

ORONO -- The University of Maine has received a $2 million donation from an engineering graduate and his wife.

BANGOR -- A Bangor chiropractor has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to repay the government more than $15,000 for tax evasion.

FREEPORT -- Scott Cowger of Maple Hill Farm Bed and Breakfast and Conference Center has been named Innkeeper of the Year by the Maine Innkeepers Association.

LEWISTON -- A Mechanic Falls native who won the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge against an enemy position during the Korean War has died.

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PERRY -- The body of a clammer has been found following a search of the area where he went clamming in eastern Maine.

Updated at 4:25 p.m.

AUGUSTA -- Maine energy officials say the average price for home heating oil is unchanged for the third week in a row at $2.56 a gallon.