LOCAL STORIES

CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Visitors may soon have to pay for the million dollar views at Fort Willams Park in Cape Elizabeth.

ORRINGTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--- People who live along the Penobscot River are upset with town leaders for unanimously backing a company's proposal on how to deal with hazardous materials at one of its former plants.

SABATTUS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- This week parents and taxpayers in RSU 4 are hearing about a restructuring plan to save money.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine State Police have sent a letter to the state's school superintendents offering more visibility from state troopers around their school buildings.

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Several bills now under consideration would make changes to the citizen iniative process.

NEWRY, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- New England has dodged a few major snowstorms lately and snow lovers are getting antsy. But with or without mother nature, there are still ski slopes providing good conditions.

ORONO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - In a tough economy, many arts venues have to get creative to keep the seats filled.

GORHAM, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Fire fighters are calling the actions of a four year old boy heroic after he helped lead his family to safety during an early morning house fire in Gorham.

BREWER, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- School administrators are talking about how to deal with students using and abusing cellphone technology in school.

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- The adjutant general of the Maine National Guard will be retiring at the end of the year. Maj. Gen. John W. "Bill" Libby has led the Maine guard through six years of war.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Lawmakers in Augusta have taken up three bills that address what some see as problems in Maine's century-old direct initiative process.
ROME, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - A truck is stuck in the ice Sunday as crews collect the equipment necessary to pull it out.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)---People from across the state got to take advantage of some free tax assistance today.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The telecommunications provider FairPoint Communications Inc. has filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan after two months of delays.

STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) -- Police say a Maine man is in jail in New Hampshire on charges that he allegedly burglarized a home and made his getaway in a vehicle he carjacked at gunpoint.