Staff photo by Andy Molloy

AIRPORT WORK: Eric Moody trowels a spot for new tile to be installed at the U.S. Airways Express counter Monday at the Augusta State Airport. The terminal and restaurant at the airport are being renovated with a $200,000 grant from the Maine Department of Transportation, according to airport manager John Guimond. A new roof, floors and a work space for Transportation Safety Administration employees will be included, with the work expected to be complete by the end of December. Flyers are temporarily boarding commuter planes in a space recently expanded for city rescue workers, Guimond said.

No new jail for man, 20, in exposure case
AUGUSTA -- A 20-year-old man sentenced five weeks ago in Franklin County on two charges of possession of sexually explicit material depicting minors was in court again Monday for a sentencing hearing on a related charge.

Firefighters: Return to analog radio
AUGUSTA -- Augusta firefighters are asking to switch emergency radio systems after the new one failed to send Hallowell firefighters to a structure fire Thursday.

Program touts health savings
AUGUSTA -- Employees at MaineGeneral Health will see no increase in their share of health insurance premiums this year, and hospital administrators expect to spend $900,000 less in health care costs.

Powder test of protocol
AUGUSTA -- Firefighters and other emergency responders were called to the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles building on Hospital Street Monday when an unidentified white substance was found in a stock room.

Crockett looks to move up to Senate
AUGUSTA -- Rep. Patsy Crockett, D-Augusta, said Monday she will seek the Senate seat being vacated by Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell.

Trustees OK UMaine System restructuring
BANGOR -- Maine's public universities will offer more three-year bachelor's degrees, boost the number of students enrolled in online courses and health care-related programs, and try to price themselves right to attract more students.

CHELSEA: Jones departing as town clerk
CHELSEA -- Residents have until noon Friday to say goodbye to Town Clerk Judy Jones.

Turkey Day traditions
Do you mark the holiday with an unusual or fun tradition?

FAYETTE: Leaky oil pump fixed; school open
FAYETTE -- It's back to school today for students at Fayette Central School.

Trafton to replace Richardson at DECD
John Richardson has given up his job as Maine's economic development director to run for governor, and has been replaced by the department's No. 2 man.

Briefs
RICHMOND -- Selectmen meet Wednesday to consider setting the winter operating hours for the transfer station and to consider accepting the resignation of police Officer Dan Dunton.

Dump truck hits family
WINSLOW -- A local woman got an unusual birthday present Monday: She and her young children escaped serious injury after a big dump truck slammed into their stopped car.

Winthrop schools shed flu
WINTHROP -- Absentee rates at Winthrop schools were back to normal Monday after a two-day closure linked to flu-related illness.

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