AUGUSTA — Deborah Hughes came to court Monday to advocate for a woman whose boyfriend had burglarized Hughes’ house.
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Augusta’s history and literary life subject of C-SPAN program
“Augusta has a remarkable and broad history, one that goes right back to” the Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims who helped found this nation, the state historian says.
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Augusta Area Police Report: Sept. 9-10
Augusta Sunday At 6:34 p.m., trespassing was reported on Northern Avenue. 7:06 p.m., there was a report of a burglary from a vehicle on Commerce Drive. 7:56 p.m., a disturbance was reported on King Street. 9:31 p.m., a person was reported missing from James Tierney’s Apartments on Water Street. 9:40 p.m., a 47-year-old Augusta woman […]
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Driver strikes plea deal in Unity Township fatal crash
AUGUSTA — David Kimberlin was behind the wheel of his pickup truck on a snowy, slick road on Jan. 19, 2011, when his truck crossed the center line on Unity Road and hit an oncoming car head-on.
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Is it possible to keep politics out of 9/11 memorials?
NEW YORK — The Sept. 11 anniversary ceremony at ground zero has been stripped of politicians this year. But can it ever be stripped of politics?
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BOYS HOCKEY: Lawrence hires Fabian
FAIRFIELD — Lawrence High School hired former Travis Roy Award recipient Ted Fabian as its next hockey coach, Athletic Director Bill MacManus said.
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Feds designate Solon Elementary a ‘blue-ribbon’ school
AUGUSTA — Solon Elementary School has been recognized as a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Westbrook grandma faced currents, jellyfish before ending swim
Pat Gallant-Charette, 61, was pulled from the water after 3.5 hours, but might get another chance to cross the Tsugaru Strait on Thursday or Friday.
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Trade ambassador’s Norridgewock visit key to keeping New Balance jobs intact say Maine legislators
SKOWHEGAN — A visit later this week to the New Balance shoe factory in Norridgewock by the U.S Trade Representative comes at a crucial time for the company’s 900 Maine jobs, state officials said Monday. State Reps. Sharon Treat, D-Hallowell, and Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, said the message they heard Sunday at an international trade meeting in Leesburg, Va., was that protections for the footwear jobs are endangered.
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STILL LIFE: Church foundation
Larry Hotham, left, and Nick Brown of Hotham Concrete, prepare to pour a footing for the new Thorndike Congregational Church being built in town on Monday. The church was destroyed by fire on Dec. 28, 2011.