Maine News Updates

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.

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.

AUGUSTA -- Maine's attorney general says the state will be receiving $45,000 as part of a $3 million multistate settlement with Vonage Holdings Corp., an Internet-based telephone company.

AUGUSTA — Democratic Rep. Patsy Crockett said today she will seek the state Senate seat being left up-for-grabs by Elizabeth “Libby” Mitchell.

Times for the state championship football games, which will be played Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland have been set by the Maine Principals' Association.

Updated at 12:47 p.m.

Fishery managers from around New England will gather in Rhode Island on Tuesday to vote on a new herring catch limit that some fear will lead to a bait shortage for Maine lobstermen.