Portland-Auburn News (BETA)

AUBURN — The director of Lewiston-Auburn's emergency dispatch center will step down Friday to take over the training of future police cadets at the Lewiston Regional Technical Center. "It's a program I like, and one I'm interested in continuing," said Andy D'Eramo of LA ...

LEWISTON — When Douglas Rogers discovered that the Cowan Mill was burning, he took it personally. "I told my wife, 'My building is gone,'" the amateur historian said. "It wasn't 'that' building or 'their' building. It belonged to us." For 28 years, ...

SABATTUS — The Sanitary District will be closed for vacation starting on July 22 through July 29. The office will reopen on July 30 at 8 a.m.

AUBURN — A former substitute teacher at Leavitt Area High School in Turner, who was released on bail after he was charged with sexually assaulting a student, was found stretched out and unresponsive in a locked car in Bar Harbor. Seth Prideaux, 22, of Lewiston was charged with vio...

AUBURN — Wearing black capes, the students of "Hogwarts," a school that teaches witchcraft and wizardry, crouched on a Central Maine Community College classroom floor. The 14 boys and girls grew silent, closed their eyes and put their heads down. One, playi...

Two people riding on a motorcycle were both wearing helmets at the time their motorcycle collided with a convertible in Auburn Friday afternoon.

Maine Senator Olympia Snowe supports Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court following the judge's testimony this week.

All the tenants in the building got out safely Friday afternoon.

Portland police took up positions with assault weapons and blocked off a downtown street after reports of a man pointing a gun out a fourth-floor window.

A people's veto effort to overturn Maine's newly enacted tax code changes is struggling financially. Reports show it's raised only 50.

SACO (NEWS CENTER)  --  All the residents of an apartment building in Saco evacuated safely, thanks to the staffers who provide for their special needs.   Their apartment building went up in flames around noon.

ROCKLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Lovers of a Brand of car that hasn't been made since the 30's are in Maine for their annual getogether.

YARMOUTH (NEWS CENTER) -- Thousands of people will converge on the streets of Yarmouth this weekend, for the annual clam festival.

MILLINOCKET (NEWS CENTER) -- 700 rides from across the country came to Millinocekt for this year's Maine state Harley owners group or "hog" rally.

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK (NEWS CENTER) -- Congress has approved opening the national parks for free this weekend.  That includes Acadia National Park.

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Finding a job in this economy can be tough. If the prospect of working from home for hundreds of dollars a week sounds promising, beware. More companies are posting fake job ads online that are scamming people out of hundreds of dollars.

A three-month old girl in Westwego, La., was found dead in her crib from what appears to be more than 100 small animal bites, possibly from rats.

FOX 2 spoke with the driver accused of causing Wednesday night's fiery crash. Go inside the story to see what he had to say.

Duluth police are looking for man suspected of breaking into fitness centers to satisfy a sexual fetish for slashing rubber exercise balls.

GEORGETOWN — Bill and Brenda Simmons had never stepped foot in Maine before they responded to an advertisement for lighthouse keepers on Seguin Island. Since they got the job, they haven’t stepped much beyond the 64-acre island that sits two miles from the mouth of the Kennebec River.

WISCASSET — Voters from the eight towns that make up Regional School Unit 12 will get a chance to dissect a new $26.61 million 2009-10 budget proposal Saturday after voting down two previous versions of the school spending plan.

BATH — Emily Dittman is crossing her fingers for a sunny August after making the best of a soggy early summer stretch.

WOOLWICH — Two monuments, located on private property, will be among the hidden treasures unveiled Saturday during the latest event in a yearlong celebration of Woolwich’s 250th birthday.

BATH — The latest vessel being crafted in the Maine Maritime Museum boat shop will spend its service life indoors, outside the reach of any body of water. As the newest addition to Patten Free Library’s children’s room, the ship will be better suited to offer voyages into the imagination.

WESTBROOK (July 16, 2009): As Matt Foster walked out of the Canal School cafeteria Friday afternoon, he popped his head into the kitchen. “Don’t forget the Italian dressing,” he told Sally Hume as she cleaned up her work station.

WESTBROOK (July 16, 2009): Westbrook’s new superintendent is already demonstrating how he differs from his predecessor. As Reza Namin begins the process of developing a strategic plan for the district, he says closing schools is not how he expects to save money.

WESTBROOK (July 16, 2009): After months of hearings and deliberation, the Westbrook Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled to make a ruling Wednesday on whether to uphold or overturn the code enforcement officer’s decision regarding Pike Industries’ right to operate and expand on its Spring Street quarry.

WESTBROOK (July 16, 2009): A 24-year-old Westbrook woman was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury Friday on a charge of Class C theft, after an investigation into an adoption scam.

WESTBROOK (July 16, 2009): Just weeks after retiring as superintendent of Westbrook schools, Stan Sawyer has already found a new job. Starting in the middle of August, Sawyer will be working part-time as a consultant for the school construction and facilities division of the Department of Education.

YORK, Maine (AP) Police have identified the moped operator who was killed in a weekend accident in York.

The Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Little League 11-, 12-year old All-Star team continued its dominance in the District IV tournament last week with two more wins and is now 4-0.

KENNEBUNK -- When Marc Kaplan hummed a simple melody to himself last summer, he knew exactly where he wanted to take the tune.

KENNEBUNK -- Plans for improvements to the downtown area are back on the table as the Board of Selectmen has agreed to meet with the Downtown Implementation Committee and local business owners in August.

WELLS, Maine -- A Wells man arrested earlier this month for allegedly mowing a neighbors law while drunk was arrested less than a week later on charges he violated his bail conditions.

WELLS, Maine -- Police found a New Hampshire teenager dead in a Route 1 motel room July 15 and have arrested a Massachusetts man on a charge in connection with the death.

Both of last year's winners, Kenyans Ed Muge and Edith Masai, are returning to defend their titles against strong fields in the 2009 TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K on August 1 in Cape Elizabeth, race officials announced last week.

Libby-Mitchell and Stockhouse play under the lights last Friday at Scarborough High School.

Deb Smith of South Portland, former operations manager at the city's Community Center, will be honored April 17 at the Maine Recreation and Park Association's Spring Conference.

Enrollment at Southern Maine Community College will increase by 10 percent in September, a record number as more high school graduates and laid-off workers seek vocational training in the tight job market.

Backers of a casino referendum said they will appeal the Maine Ethics Commission's decision that fined the group $12,500 for filing late campaign finance reports.

WINDHAM (July 15, 2009): Windham Town Councilor Blaine Davis resigned Tuesday night, leaving the council with two vacancies and raising questions about whether it can work effectively in the coming months.

RAYMOND (July 13, 2009): A Casco man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly exposed himself in the parking lot at the Raymond Beach.