AUGUSTA — The city has spent 30 years taking steps to become a place that is welcoming to businesses, and on Wednesday those efforts were rewarded by a special state designation.
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State shorts lawyers for poor clients
AUGUSTA — Robert Ruffner put in a notice on Tuesday asking to withdraw as the attorney for two defendants facing criminal charges in Kennebec County.
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Officials predict low turnout for Maine’s Tuesday election
Maine election officials are expecting an unusually low turnout for Tuesday’s primary elections, which could influence the outcome of the hotly contested U.S. Senate races. Today is the deadline to request an absentee ballot or to vote early by casting an absentee ballot at a city or town hall. So far, the number of absentee […]
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Augusta cop calls it quits after 25 years
AUGUSTA — A woman’s terrible day had culminated in a thud in the road, a dead beaver and worries over a damaged car. Augusta Police Officer Lindell Cox had checked on the beaver, or at least the mangled remains, when he was confronted by the distraught driver.
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Hein pleads not guilty
AUGUSTA — Less than a week before voters go to the polls, House of Representatives Republican primary candidate Michael Hein pleaded not guilty in Augusta District Court on Wednesday to an attempted theft by deception charge.
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Marijuana dispensary settles lawsuit
AUGUSTA — Maine’s largest medical marijuana dispensary nonprofit group has settled a lawsuit brought by its former California backer.
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Cony High School lists top 10 senior students
AUGUSTA — Cony High School has announced is top 10 students in the class of 2012.
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Augusta elementary school students receive scholarships
AUGUSTA — cPort Credit Union recently held its College Aspirations Scholarship Program for students in all of Augusta’s elementary schools. The program awarded $100 college scholarships to five fifth and sixth grade students from Lincoln, Hussey, Gilbert and Farrington elementary schools based on essays that students wrote about their future aspirations and how higher education will help them reach their goals.
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FRIDAY’S EVENTS
Music: Music entertainer Barry Wood will present pop classics, soft rock of the 1950s, 60s and 70s and traditional country, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, Greene; free admission; 946-5311 or www.sawyer-foun dation.com.
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MOVIE TIMES
Movie times are good for Friday, June 8, through Thursday, June 15 AUGUSTA Regal Augusta 10 Marketplace Drive, 623-8183 Show schedule for Friday-Tuesday “Prometheus” (3D), 1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 “Prometheus,” 12:40, 4, 7, 9:55 “Madagascar 3” (3D), 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:10 “Madagascar 3″12:50, 1:30, 3:20, 4:20, 6:30, 7:20, 9 “Snow White & Hunsman,” 12:20, 1, […]