Top Portland Area Local News Stories
Source: WMTW.com - Local News
South Portland police are looking for two men who robbed the On the Border restaurant on Monday night.
Published: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:35:17 EST
A bill under consideration by lawmakers would exempt police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel from the state's ban on texting while driving.
Published: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:27:19 EST
Augusta and state police are working together to investigate a Monday night pharmacy robbery.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:36:49 EST
A fire on State Street in Portland causes a section of the street to be blocked off on Monday.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:21:42 EST
Browse through our collection of mugshots from Maine.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:15:56 EST
A Limington family lost everything Monday morning when flames broke out in their Shaving Hill Road home.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:27:16 EST
Bath police are investigating an early-morning stabbing.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:30:04 EST
The state fire marshal's office will investigate a fire that destroyed a home in Standish on Saturday.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:52:01 EST
Construction crews continue to take advantage of Maine's mild winter.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:28:36 EST
Despite the lagging economy and higher gas prices, car sales on this Presidents Day are up over last year, says managers at Prime Toyota in Saco.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:09:39 EST
Occupy Maine's tent city in Portland has come down, but the group is still trying to get its message out with a new TV show episode on the movement.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:43:56 EST
The Westbrook Fire Department is mourning the loss of call company Capt. Eugene "Gene" Dunn.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:59:35 EST
Gov. Paul LePage has called for steep cuts to the state's Medicaid program. He says the state spends far more per capita than others on Medicaid and far above the national average.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:24:20 EST
Portland police say a van crashed into a house at 52 Pine Street at 12:45 p.m. Sunday.
Published: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:10:08 EST
Authorities say a man is recovering after he crashed an ATV on Square Pond in Shapleigh.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:33:33 EST
Captain Don Goulet of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office says a woman is dead following a crash in Standish Sunday morning.
Published: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:51:59 EST
Maine's Somerset County is chosen for a national program that seeks to improve worker wellness, increase productivity and lower health care costs.
Published: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:41:53 EST
Two men who met at the University of Maine plan to take advantage of a new trade agreement to export lobster to Panama.
Published: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:19:49 EST
Come March, a new state law goes into effect that requires motorcycle owners to place their inspections stickers on the upper left corner of their license plates. Previously, inspection stickers didn't have to be displayed.
Published: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:18:16 EST