Top Portland Area Local News Stories
Source: WMTW.com - Local News
Augusta police are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who fired shots at two homes and a car on Tuesday.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:59:34 EST
Hundreds of woman who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II received the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington Wednesday.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:25 EST
Maine Gov. John Baldacci has released details of a $79 million bond package that he says "will put people back to work this year."
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:19 EST
One person was taken to the hospital after fire broke out inside a four-unit apartment building at 261 Brown St. in Westbrook Wednesday morning.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:06:23 EST
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is trying to find out who may have released a poisonous snake in an area on Route 1.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:56:58 EST
The captain of a ship that delivered supplies to Haiti is back in Maine after a month-long ordeal getting supplies to the earthquake-stricken country.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:46:23 EST
The Portland Flower Show has its opening night Wednesday and runs until Sunday.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:23:38 EST
Grocery chain Trader Joe's is considering coming to Portland.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:06:56 EST
Four former officers of the largest union at Bath Iron Works in Maine are suing the Machinists union for defamation and slander.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:19:55 EST
The town of Yarmouth could become the test site for an inventor's proposal for a commercially viable way to extract hydrogen gas from water.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:53:25 EST
Former President Bill Clinton has given his endorsement to state Senate President Libby Mitchell in her campaign for governor.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:48:46 EST
Hundreds of people tell lawmakers to do a better job of funding education.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:20 EST
Voters in Harpswell reject a plan to close the West Harpswell School.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:02:39 EST
Members of the Portland Police Department return from a training trip in Los Angeles with some valuable lessons, officers said.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:53:47 EST