Top Portland Area Local News Stories
Source: WMTW.com - Local News
With quitting smoking among the top annual New Year's resolutions, Maine officials say they're expecting a jump in the number of people seeking help to quit smoking.
Published: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:20:01 EST
With a huge state budget gap awaiting Maine lawmakers' attention, members of the Appropriations Committee will get back to work ahead of the rest of the Legislature this week.
Published: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:06:36 EST
Snowmobile club members assist warden service with search.
Published: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:38:09 EST
News 8 began airing a morning show on channel 8 between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Published: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:16:52 EST
A Northern New England snowstorm plans to stick around at least through Sunday, bringing heavy snow to Maine and to the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire.
Published: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:31:21 EST
The new year storm along with astronomical high tides caused some coastal flooding.
Published: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:47:01 EST
Maine's Bath Iron Works is seeking permission to expand 106-foot-tall Ultra Hall, which first opened less than two years ago.
Published: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:07:59 EST
Investigators think a snowmobiler was riding down a street when he collided head-on with a truck
Published: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:51:36 EST
A baby girl was born in Farmington just minutes after midnight, apparently making her the first Maine baby of the new year.
Published: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:03:09 EST
A Maine woman who survived a brutal knife attack that killed her friend has filed a lawsuit against the two people charged in the attack
Published: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:27:16 EST
Maine had low numbers of highway and fire deaths in 2009, while the homicide tally came in near average.
Published: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:28:19 EST
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