Maine News Updates

RICHMOND — Selectmen meet Wednesday to consider setting the winter operating hours for the transfer station and consider accepting the resignation of a police officer.

AUGUSTA -- The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has a new leader.

BANGOR -- Trustees for the seven-campus University of Maine System have approved a plan to cut costs and improve efficiency to avoid a nearly $43 million budget shortfall by 2013.

AUGUSTA -- U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says the Senate Homeland Security Committee will open an investigation into the murders at Fort Hood with a public hearing this week.

GRAY -- A 122-year-old record fell in Portland over the weekend as Maine's largest city received more than 5 inches of rain.

WINTHROP  -- Absentee rates at Winthrop schools are back to normal today after a two-day closure due to the flu.

FAYETTE --  It’s back to school Tuesday for students at Fayette Central School.
They had an unscheduled day off today because of a faulty furnace.

The Maine Maritime Academy football team will play at Montclair State (N.J.) in the opening round of the NCAA Division III football tournament next Saturday at noon.

MANCHESTER — Seven people visited the hospital in Augusta after a three-car crash closed part of Route 17 Saturday afternoon.

TURNER -- Josh Strickland rushed for 231 yards and two touchdowns as Leavitt Area High School beat Gardiner Area High School 13-0 in the Pine Tree Conference Class B football championship game on S