Maine News Updates

Topsham police are searching for a 17-year-old local girl missing since Tuesday night.

WHITEFIELD — Selectmen will hold an informational meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Whitefield Elementary School to discuss property taxes.

PORTLAND -- Portland International Jetport is reporting its best third quarter ever.

RUMFORD  — The New England Seismic Network says a small earthquake shook parts of western Maine early Thursday morning.

PERRY — The Maine medical examiner's office says an eastern Maine man who went missing while clam digging last week died by accidentally drowning.

AUGUSTA  — The head of Maine's court system will meet with an advisory panel to discuss an issue facing all state agencies: budget cuts.

PORTLAND -- Maine health insurers are taking steps to encourage swine flu shots to prevent spread of the disease, which has already contributed to five Maine deaths.

HARTFORD, Conn.

Investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office charged a Gorham teenager with starting a building fire in Windham Tuesday, the third young man charged with arson in the state in the past