The Subaru dealership Charlie Shuman acquired 25 years ago on Western Avenue in Augusta has grown into eight separate franchises, all under the umbrella of Charlie’s Motor Mall. Beginning with 17 employees, Charlie’s now has 240 people working for the company, which sells more than 6,000 vehicles a year, making it the state’s largest dealership in one location.
June 2012
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Rodney King remembered as ‘a sad figure’
LOS ANGELES — His beating stunned the nation, left Los Angeles smoldering and helped reshape race relations and police tactics. And in a quavering voice on national television, Rodney King pleaded for peace while the city burned.
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Oakland woman, 20, dies in Belgrade crash
BELGRADE — Police believe alcohol played a role in a high-speed crash Saturday that killed an Oakland woman and left two men seriously injured.
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NASCAR: Junior ends 143-race winless drought
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. raced to his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory in four years, ending a 143-race winless streak Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
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Hallees honored for devotion to Waterville’s South End
WATERVILLE — Ask City Planner Ann Beverage about Kim and David Hallees’ devotion to the city’s South End and she can’t say enough about the couple.
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‘When I was in high school,girls’ sports were not big,’ says Saufley
As the first female chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Leigh Saufley wears distinguished black robes in the courtroom — a far cry from the hideous unitard she recalls wearing for physical education as a girl in the South Portland school system.
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Sandwich program may lose its federal support
I am involved with the Evening Sandwich Program in the basement of the Universalist Unitarian Church of Waterville. The program, with the help of other area churches, Colby and area residents provides meals Monday through Friday to those in need. People receive a takeout meal consisting of a sandwich, soup, dessert and a treat such […]
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Gas company sees huge opportunity
AUGUSTA — The prospective buyer of a company planning to build a natural gas pipeline through the Kennebec Valley region plans to spend $150 million on a massively expanded project.
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KATHLEEN PARKER: Our faith in government damaged badly by Watergate, its aftermath
Forty years ago, all of America learned the name of a particular condominium, hotel and office complex along the Potomac in the nation’s capital.
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Togus powwow honors armed forces service
TOGUS– Amidst and the drumbeat and dancing, Keith Richards found a family. It came with all the subtlety of a 6-by-6 beam smashing against his head.