Maine: Waterville

Interstate rehabilitation

I-295 reconstruction, Brunswick to Gardiner, $35 million

I-295 crossovers, Topsham and Gardiner, $1.375M

Highway reconstruction-improvements

Joline Drive, Auburn, $410,000

Joline Drive at Center Street, Auburn, $880,000

Route 15, Dover-Foxcroft, $2.7M

Route 1A, Ellsworth, $9.25M

Russell Street, Lewiston, $2M

Route 9, Lisbon and Sabattus, $11.1M

Route 117, Turner, $3.6M

Bridge improvements

Salt Bay Bridge, Damariscotta, $418,560

Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge, $5M

Second Street Bridge, Hallowell, $1.23M

Knights Hill Bridge, Lincolnville, $400,000

Bartlett Bridge, Portland, $1.68M

Spruce Head Bridge, South Tho-maston, $2.4M

Veranda Street Bridge, Portland, $1.185M

Lincoln Spur Bridge, off I-95 in T2R8, $1.596M

Interstate paving

I-95 from Howland to Old Town, $5.125M

I-95 from Mattamiscontis Town-ship to Howland, $4.05M

I-95 from T2R8 to Mattamiscon-tis, $2.6M

I-95 from T2R9 to T2R8, $2.5M

I-95, Portland, $239,000

Noninterstate paving

Minot Avenue, Auburn, $211,712

Route 202, Auburn, $306,461

Turner Street, Auburn, $332,380

Main Street, Lovell, $399,508

Forest Avenue, Portland, $348,709

Sebago Road, Sebago, $333,606

Route 114, Standish, $1.

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands announced on Friday a list of 31 state and 23 local trail projects with a combined value of more than $1.4 million.

The projects — including the reconstruction of a collapsed snowmobile bridge in Andover — are awaiting approval for federal funding in the next two weeks, according to bureau officials. The recipient organizations were notified last week.

“Maine’s recreational trails already are among some of the best in the country and offer all kinds of outdoor opportunities for Maine residents and visitors,” said Commissioner Patrick McGowan of the Maine Department of Conservation, which oversees the bureau.

AUGUSTA, Maine — An Embden woman has been indicted on charges of embezzling almost $50,000 from the Maine Republican Party.

Constance A. Wilkins, 64, who handled the bookkeeping for the party, is accused of committing felony theft and forgery between March 25, 2005, and Sept. 1, 2008, while working at a Waterville accounting firm.

The Kennebec Journal says the indictment was handed up Thursday by a grand jury in Kennebec County.

The newspaper reported Friday a statement issued by Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster and former chairman Mark Ellis said unauthorized expenditures were discovered by party treasurer Phil Roy and executive director Julie O’Brien.

“Ms. Wilkins has admitted in writing to embezzling a significant amount of money from the state party and abruptly resigned in September of 2008 after being questioned,” they said.

The newspaper said her attorney, Francis Griffin, said the case is ongoing and declined comment.