LOCAL STORIES

ROCKLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- For this year's Maine Lobster festival in Rockland, you might say it's "Anchors Away". For the first time in more than 30 years, there will not be a U.S. Navy warship in the harbor for the festival.

BIDDEFORD (NEWS CENTER) -- Personal bankruptcies are up sharply - 34% nationwide. Here in Maine, it's no better.

CONWAY, NH (NEWS CENTER) - It was 2 years ago on this date when a young man from Maine shot and killed 3 people during a botched robbery attempt at the Army Barracks store in Conway.

HOLDEN (NEWS CENTER) -- Police in Holden are hoping for a new, more secure place to work.

BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Forty men and women from the 101st Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineering Squadron said goodbye to family and friends at Bangor International Airport.

OLD ORCHARD BEACH (NEWS CENTER) -- Weeks of rain have put a damper on many people's summer vacations and summer plans. And it's really putting a damper on business in one popular tourist spot in Southern Maine.

HARPSWELL (NEWS CENTER) -- People who live along a private beach in Harpswell say they are still finding a few syringes buried in the sand and seaweed every day.

BIDDEFORD (NEWS CENTER) -- State Police are investigating a double homicide in Biddeford. It happened around 1 o'clock Tuesday morning.

FREEPORT (NEWS CENTER) -- When it rains the way it has for the past couple of weeks, tourists pour into Southern Maine's shopping mecca.

WINTHROP (NEWS CENTER) -- A sixth month investigation results in a sizeable drug bust in the Kennebec County town of Winthrop.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- From now until October, Columbia Street in downtown Bangor will not be accessible from Hammond Street.

CAPE ELIZABETH (NEWS CENTER) -- State tourism officials and the US Coast Guard are urging Maine residents and tourists alike to come see the lights this September.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- The Bangor Area Kiwanis still need $1000 before the fourth of July to pay for this weekend's festivities.

AUGUSTA (AP) -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has re-opened a program that provides cash rebates for the installation of solar energy systems on Maine homes and small businesses.