OAKLAND — After years of planning topped off by months of wrangling and preparation, a contractor is on-site to begin repairs to a $6 million sewer system that hasn’t worked since it was first put in the ground in 2009.

CONCORD, N.H. — Nine companies from New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine have taken part in the Farnborough International Airshow in England, a big trade event for the aerospace and defense industries.

WEST FORKS — A man was flown by LifeFlight helicopter Friday morning after he was hit by a sleeping driver while he was walking on U.S. Route 201, police said.

PORTLAND — Retiring U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe announced Friday that her re-election campaign committee has transferred $1.2 million of its remaining funds to an effort to encourage young women to participate in public service.

State Sen. Cynthia Dill, the Democrat from Cape Elizabeth who hopes to replace Olympia Snowe in the U.S. Senate, raised more than $66,000 for her election bid over a three-month period, according to new campaign finance reports.