LOCAL STORIES

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Environment Maine is pushing for state leaders to include solar power in Maine's future energy plans.

(NEWS CENTER) - As a tribute to the winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Morning Report crew decided to partake in a few games of their own.
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--- Dozens of people are expected at a candlelight vigil this evening to honor a 15-month-old boy killed late last month.

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Former President Bill Clinton has endorsed Elizabeth Mitchell in the race for the Blaine House.

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issed six citations for serious violations of workplace safety standards against a pellet mill plant after an explosion there in August of 2009.

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) -- A trial has begun for a Maine lobsterman charged with shooting a fellow fisherman in the neck in a dispute over fishing territory in the lobster-rich waters off Matinicus Island.

ORONO, Maine (AP) -- The Maine National Guard says there will be a deployment ceremony Saturday for about 175 members of the 1136th Transportation Company.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A woman in Bangor, whose fiancee is serving in Iraq, is collecting school supplies for children who attend schools near her fiancee's military base.

(NEWS CENTER) Our Hot Topic is one that some schools are considering across the nation and here in Maine, four day school weeks.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Whether to require health warnings on cellular phones in Maine is on the agenda of a legislative committee.

ORONO, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- The U-Maine hockey team will hit the ice for the Hockey East playoffs this weekend without one of its best players.

ETNA, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--- People in Etna voted this weekend to eliminate the position of town manager.

WESTMORELAND, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire woman certified as the oldest living American has died.

SEDGWICK, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- The Deer Isle-Sedgwick bridge has been going through a considerable amount of work over the past few years.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Public Works departments around the state say they haven't used as much salt this winter as they normally do.

Portland, MAINE (NEWS CENTER) - Some students are helping the City of Portland's schools take a major step towards better recycling.

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The budgeting process has been a long haul for school superintendents in Maine.

YORK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Two teams of Federal Emergency Management Agency officials came to Maine survey the damage caused by a late February storm.

ELLSWORTH, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--Seventy families in Washington and Hancock counties will get a little extra help heating their homes thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A compromise has been reached on a bill that would have prohibited the use of traffic surveillance cameras that identify license plates.