PORTLAND, Maine - Amtrak's Downeaster that runs between Portland, Maine, and Boston bounced back from a dip last summer and fall to finish the fiscal year with its best performance yet.
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority says 474,058 passengers rode the train during the fiscal year that ended last month. Ridership rebounded after losing ground in the first five months of the fiscal year to finish 1 percent ahead of the previous year.
Executive Director Patricia Quinn says revenue for the service hit an all-time high as well, at $6.7 million.
Next week, work begins on the upgrade of 30 miles of track to bring the train to Brunswick in 2012. Quinn says the expansion will boost ridership by another 36,000 passengers each year.
PORTLAND, Maine - Two cruise ships will be spending some extra time in the Portland, Maine, harbor so they won't be at sea when Hurricane Earl passes by.
AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. John Baldacci held a news conference at Maine Emergency Management offices to tell reporters that the state is ready to handle the hurricane.
AUBURN, Maine - Route 136 (Riverside Drive) from Jordan School Road to Stackpole Road is closed after part of the road collapsed when a crane doing construction work in the area toppled over.
LEWISTON, Maine - Two business organizations in Maine are launching a contest in hopes of luring young entrepreneurs back to the twin cities of Lewiston and Auburn.
WINDHAM, Maine - Maine state police have classified the death of a Windham man whose body was found at the bottom of an eight-foot ledge as suspicious.
AUGUSTA, Maine - There were a lot of entries, but Maria Fuentes of the Maine Better Transportation Association says Route 219 from Turner to Leeds won the groups worst road in Maine contest.
BANGOR, Maine - A Maine day care provider charged with having child pornography on his home computer is going to prison for 11 months after pleading no contest to a charge of possession of sexually explicit material.
AUGUSTA, Maine - Saying state courts are already understaffed and underfunded; Chief Justice Leigh Saufley says the courts can only identify $85,000 in savings out of a target of nearly $494,000 for the remainder of this budget year.
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