http://www.wgme.com RSS feed for stories from the "Top Stories" section of WGME. en-us Copyright 2009, Sinclair Broadcast Group Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:41:59 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:41:59 EST SBG WCM - Story Module http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1438.shtml Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:07 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1438.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1437.shtml
The Governor ordered the district to cut more than $766,313. The teachers' union recently voted not to accept unpaid furlough days and the school board said job cuts are the final option. ...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:34:26 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1437.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1436.shtml There is some mixed news when it comes to jobs in Maine. The state Department of Labor announced the unemployment rate for October was 8.2 percent. That's down from 8.5 percent in September. However, state labor officials say the lower unemployment rate is primarily related to a declining labor force and is not an indication that workforce conditions have improved considerably. ...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:55:18 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1436.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1435.shtml Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:29:05 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1435.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1434.shtml The governor is expected to issue his order Friday morning. It would restrict state government spending until the Legislature can modify the current two-year state budget to account for revenue shortfalls in the $300 million-to-$400 million range. ...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:36 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1434.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1398.shtml Topsham police say 17-year-old Kourtney Thibeault was found around midnight
Officers discovered tire marks in the grass off Route 196, near Roberts Hill Road.
After investigating officers found the vehicle 45 feet down into a deep ravine. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:16:59 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1398.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1433.shtml ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:43:32 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1433.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1432.shtml Harpo Productions says she will make the announcement during a live broadcast today.
There is talk that Oprah may start a new show on the Oprah Winfrey Network. ...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:31:06 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1432.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1431.shtml
The movie centers around the classic theme of teenage love, but with a twist: the girl falls in love with a vampire. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:53:55 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1431.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1430.shtml
Police say they received reports of an erratic driver around 7:30pm. A trooper than spotted a 2004 Acura speeding past him on the northbound side of the Turnpike in Auburn. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:24:57 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1430.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1429.shtml That's according to a recent study that shows some contractors are not playing fair by avoiding certain state and federal laws.
And because of that some say every taxpayer will have to foot part of the bill for those workers who claim they're being taken advantage of. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:56 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1429.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1428.shtml Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:33:43 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1428.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1427.shtml
Charles Carpenter, founder of Historic Map Works, knows that much of Portland's Old Port used to be covered in water. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:02 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1427.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1426.shtml Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:50:22 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1426.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1425.shtml
Wednesday morning, students spotted a gun inside a clear swim bag in the cafeteria at the Riverton School. The assistant teacher, who's an ed-tech and a long-time staffer at Riverton, noticed the gun as well and immediately removed it and the bag from the building. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:34:16 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1425.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1424.shtml
She came to 13 On Your Side for help and what we uncovered is enough to make many homeowners sick over choosing a contractor.

When Karen McKenzie was looking for a contractor to build her simple 10X12 mudroom addition, she went with a refferal - and hired a man by the name of Marcus Crowell. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:52 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1424.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1423.shtml ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:44:57 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1423.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1422.shtml York High School was in lockdown for a brief time this morning after a knife incident involving a student. A police officer was called to the student parking lot saying a student was armed with a knife. School personnel were already on the scene trying to talk to the student. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:49 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1422.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1421.shtml
Department of Professional and Financial Regulation Issues



Consumer Alert Regarding Door-to-Door Selling of Merchandise







Police Reports Raise Questions about Door-to-Door Selling of Generators

AUGUSTA, MAINE " Maines Department of Professional and Financial Regulation is urging consumers to use caution when purchasing merchandise from door-to-door salespersons. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:09:06 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1421.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1420.shtml
There are several delays at the jetport, involving arrivals and departures. US Airways departures were seeing the biggest problems in the morning. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:26:59 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1420.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1404.shtml
The 2.5 magnitude quake hit an area about seven miles northwest of downtown Rumford at two a.m. There are no reports of any injuries or damage.

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A Sullivan County jail official says 45-year-old Robert Hale the third escaped between the hours of 1:45 and 2:40 A.M. Thursday Hale has been an inmate at the jail since March. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:02:15 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1403.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1402.shtml
Doctor Dora Anne Mills says, as of Friday, about 210 thousand vaccine doses will have arrived in Maine. And that's not even two thirds of what's needed to cover the highest priority groups: pregnant women and children. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:56:37 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1402.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1401.shtml
Chief Justice Leigh Saufley wants to hear the court house advisory commission's ideas for addressing any budget shortfalls the judicial branch may experience in the coming fiscal years. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:53:14 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1401.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1400.shtml Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:52:41 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1400.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1399.shtml
Police say the student started the fire in the boy's bathroom on the first floor. Damage is estimated at several thousand dollars. ...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:35 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1399.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1397.shtml
It broke out a home at 269 Pond Road just after 10:00 p.m. the Kennebec County sheriff's department say three people lived in the home. They were not injured, but they're now homeless and the Red Cross is helping them out. ...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:35:41 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1397.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1396.shtml Portland's school superintendent says he's forced to make some serious cuts as the district braces for a nearly three million dollar shortfall from the state.
And that's just this year.
The projections for next year are even worse that's when the superintendent expects as many as 70 teachers and staff could be laid off. ...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:17:24 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1396.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1395.shtml Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:15 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1395.shtml http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1393.shtml Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:57:31 EST http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_1393.shtml