LOCAL STORIES
LEWISTON (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine animal welfare officials seized 46 dogs in New Portland, north of Farmington, where they were found caged.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- If you're a child it might be hard to learn how to play tennis on a regulation tennis court.
NEWPORT (NEWS CENTER) -- The town of Newport is forming an emergency plan to make sure no one goes hungry or freezes this winter.
WESTBROOK (NEWS CENTER) -- In 1996, people in Westbrook created the Mission Possible Teen Center. Tuesday they received some special visitors.
(NEWS CENTER) -- The second suspect charged with the murder of a man from Old Orchard Beach is now being held at the York County Jail.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- The Bangor Police Department Bomb Squad has a new piece of equipment that should make its job safer.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Myava Escamilla was only nine years old when her mother was murdered.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Alumni students from Bangor High School are making sure their legacy lives on.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The test results are in, and Maine students are scoring higher in math and reading. Students in grades 3 through 8 saw improvement in both subject areas on the latest Maine Educational Assessment.
SOUTH PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- The Rock Church , the city of South Portland, and the Portland Sea Dogs paid tribute to firefighters, police, and the military.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Hollywood Slots was closed Sunday because of a water main break late Saturday night.
AUBURN (NEWS CENTER) -- Attorney General Steven Rowe kicked off Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's Maine campaign.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- It was a sell-out crowd at Hadlock Field as thousands of fans came out to see David Ortiz in a Seadogs Uniform.
BANGOR (AP) -- A black bear had to be shot and killed over the weekend after it wandered into a Bangor neighborhood, giving residents a surprise if not a shock.
WESTBROOK (NEWS CENTER) -- More boys are branching out from the athletic fields and taking up activities that foster other talents.
THORNDIKE (NEWS CENTER) -- About 20,000 children in Maine are hungry according to the Good Shepherd Food Bank.
AUGUSTA (AP) -- The city council in Maine's capital is unanimously supporting a resolution urging legislators to change the name if an Augusta bridge.
YARMOUTH (NEWS CENTER) -- Clams may not be the cutest animals in the sea, but they certainly bring out a lot of cutie-pies and their parents.
GORHAM (NEWS CENTER) -- A thunderstorm whipped through the Gorham area Friday afternoon, knocking out power to more than a thousand homes.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- The Portland City Council voted unanimously Monday night to postpone indefinitely a vote to close 10 of the city's polling places.
LEWISTON (AP) -- A Wilton man is having trouble sleeping since he found a python snake about 9 feet long under the engine of his pickup truck.
WATERBORO (AP) -- Police say a motorcyclist was killed when he was hit by a falling tree while riding along a highway in Waterboro.
FALMOUTH (NEWS CENTER) -- The Falmouth Police Department plans to crack down on impaired drivers and boaters.
BIDDEFORD (AP) -- Former President George Bush spoke Tuesday morning in Biddeford.
KITTERY (AP) -- A Maine-based Coast Guard cutter has seized 10,000 pounds of cocaine while on patrol in the Caribbean.
PORTLAND (AP) -- A federal judge plans to issue an order this week designating the lead counsel in a class-action lawsuit arising from last winter's data breach at Hannaford Bros.
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) -- Republican Senator John McCain spoke in South Portland and in Kennebunkport Monday.
ELLSWORTH (NEWS CENTER) -- Church members are picking up the pieces after a fire destroyed a church in Ellsworth this weekend.
SKOWHEGAN (NEWS CENTER) -- An on-line phishing expedition in Skowhegan has garnered the attention of local law enforcement.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- David Ortiz is in Portland and ready to play.
NEW GLOUCESTER (NEWS CENTER) -- Training is essential for people who work in emergency services.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- City councilors in Augusta are expected to vote Monday night on a resolution to rename the Father Curran Bridge.
PATTEN (NEWS CENTER) -- The storm packed high winds, hail, thunder, and lightning. It toppled trees and tore the roof off of a barn.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- It's a top honor for Maine Medical Center; they've been named one of the nation's "Most Wireless Hospitals."
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain flew into Maine Sunday evening, making his first visit to the Pine Tree State since clinching his party's nomination.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- It's been another record breaking year for the Downeaster train.
BUXTON (NEWS CENTER) -- More than 100 farms opened their doors to the public for the 19th annual Open Farm Day in Maine Sunday.
WINDHAM (NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine Warden Service said the body of 19-year-old Patrick McKerron was found Sunday night.
TENANTS HARBOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Great Eastern Mussel Farms, Inc of Tenants Harbor announced Monday they are closing down.
ROCKLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- The 2008 Maine Lobster Festival Sea Princesses got to take a ride aboard Maine Eastern Railroad Saturday night.
WINSLOW (NEWS CENTER) -- Some people living along the Sebasticook River in Winslow are being told to evacuate their homes at night.
SCARBOROUGH (NEWS CENTER) -- Three suspects who were caught outside an apartment they had just burglarized have been arrested.
PORTLAND (AP) -- A Melrose, Massachusetts man has won the 27th annual Peaks to Portland swim race, completing the 2.4-mile course in Casco Bay in 42 minutes, 11 seconds.
WINDHAM (NEWS CENTER) -- Divers continue the search in Windham for the body of 19-year old Patrick Mackerron.
Gorham (News Center) -- Central Maine Power says all towns affected by the storm damage should now have their power back.
AUGUSTA (AP) -- City officials in Augusta will consider whether to change the name of the Father Curran Bridge across the Kennebec River.
ROXBURY (AP) -- Authorities say an 8-year-old boy from Strong is being treated at a Boston hospital for burns suffered when a can of diesel fuel exploded as his father was using it to start a campfire in Roxbury.
Yarmouth (NEWS CENTER) -- For the fifth year in a row, NEWS CENTER is the winner of the Yarmouth clam shucking contest.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- 44-year-old David Pepin of Newport pleaded not guilty to a drunk driving charge.
Windham (NEWS CENTER) -- Game wardens continue their search for a missing teenager who is presumed drowned.
Standish (NEWS CENTER) -- We now know the names of the mand and woman killed by lightening in Standish yesterday.--
OLD ORCHARD BEACH (NEWS CENTER) - Lifeguards are keeping a very close watch over swimmers at old orchard beach.
(NEWS CENTER) -- A Maine native is trying to revolutionalize the film industry.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Leave it to a woman from
Wisconsin to earn a living by traveling around the country making sculptures out of cheese.
NORTHPORT (NEWS CENTER) -- Two motorcyclists were critically injured Friday afternoon when a pick up truck hit them head on.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER)--Bangor police are looking for a driver who they say was involved in a hit and run Friday afternoon. They are still looking for the driver and car.
(NEWS CENTER) -- Despite Friday's rainfall, it's been a pretty dry summer. For proof, look at you're neighbor's lawn.
SACO (NEWS CENTER) -- Authorities have called off a search in Saco, after determining that the report of a missing child was unfounded.
South Portland (NEWS CENTER) -- Lee Humiston has a lot of work to do before Sen. John McCain's visit to his museum on Monday. The place is still unfinished.
YARMOUTH (NEWS CENTER) -- The Yarmouth Clam Festival kicked off this morning and the usual crowd lined Main Street for arts and crafts and a lot of food.
KENNEBUNK (NEWS CENTER) -- The proposed deal between Poland Spring water and the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District is off the table for now.
SOUTH PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Most cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy lose more than just their energy... oftentimes they can lose their confidence or even will to move.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- People can check out live music and local products on Thursday nights in downtown Bangor.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- Kathi Wall founded the Boys and Girls Club of Augusta more than a decade ago.
SACO (NEWS CENTER) -- One minute, a young child was playing on the playground equipment at the park at the end of Lincoln Street in Saco. The next, he was gone.
LEWISTON (NEWS CENTER) - A tractor trailer driver was killed in a crash on the Maine Turnpike Thursday.
HAMPDEN (NEWS CENTER)-- 22-year-old Whitney Hammond of Pittsfield was killed Friday morning in a single car crash on Interstate 95.
Nearly 10 hours after it began, a standoff in the town of Friendship has ended peacefully.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine Center For Disease Control warns that tests are showing high levels of red tide in lobster tomalley.
PORTLAND (AP) -- Maine's highest court has upheld a Lewiston man's convictions for arranging to meet a "13-year-old" for sex.
WATERFORD (AP) -- Authorities say a Maine state trooper suffered a head injury and multiple bruises when his cruiser struck a tree in Waterford.
BANGOR (AP) -- FairPoint Communications has met its hiring goal of 280 new workers in Maine, and the company expects that figure to grow by year's end.
SACO (NEWS CENTER) -- 54-year-old Adam Sangillo of Portland was pulled from the water off Kinney Shores in Saco Wednesday afternoon and died at the hospital.
BANGOR (AP) -- Starbucks has named all 600 company-owned stores it plans to close -- and two of them are in Maine.
YARMOUTH (NEWS CENTER) -- Thousands of people will sample a clam or two in Yarmouth this weekend, as the town hosts its annual festival devoted to the bivalves.
HALLOWELL (AP) -- A Maine angler used his fishing rod to reel in a man who survived a jump from a bridge and was drowning in the Kennebec River.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH (NEWS CENTER) -- A strong rip tide led to a wave of rescues at Old Orchard Beach Thursday afternoon.
A Maine priest accused of sexual abuse dating back to 1959 has been assigned a life of prayer and penance by the Vatican.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- The City of Portland is asking for your help in naming their brand new elementary school.
BREWER (NEWS CENTER) -- Kids in Brewer who play in Eastern Park Playground are getting a new playground in just a few days.
(NEWS CENTER) -- Wood pellet heating stoves have been a popular option for people looking to cut costs on their heating bills, but you may have trouble finding one.
(NEWS CENTER) -- The Good Shepherd Food Bank got a cash infusion today courtesy of Hannaford Supermarkets and NEWS CENTER viewers.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) - A referendum question to repeal Maine's new licensing laws will not appear on the November ballot.
FREEDOM (NEWS CENTER) -- With high prices, salmonella scares and other worries, more and more people are looking for food grown close to home.
WATERVILLE (NEWS CENTER) -- Cherrie Hight is organizing a group of people to search for Shirley Moon Atwood.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Most people use the popular video website Youtube.com for personal entertainment, but some people use it to help their businesses.
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