Augusta, Sunday, at 6:43 p.m., a 27-year-old Skowhegan woman was charged with theft, by police responding to a shoplifting complaint at Walmart on Civic Center Drive.
August 2013
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Vermont legislator’s bill aims to put damper on fires
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy’s plan would give tax credit for installation of sprinklers in old buildings.
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4 arrested in Wiscasset on heroin charges
Two Wiscasset residents and two people from New York are facing drug trafficking and possession charges after police searched a Gardiner Road home last week.
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Augusta’s Mount Vernon Avenue among projects threatened by state bond fight
A State House fight over the timing and approval of $100 million in state transportation bonds has threatened several central Maine projects, including repaving of Mount Vernon Avenue in Augusta.
Posted inNation & World, News
Key events in the life of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
BOSTON • Key events in the life of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, who was convicted Monday by a jury that believed the mob boss took part in 11 slayings, finding him guilty of racketeering and other a slew of other crimes: • Sept. 3, 1929: James Bulger is born to Irish immigrant parents living in Boston’s […]
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Clinton to vote on local police department Tuesday
Clinton voters will consider the local police department’s budget for a second time from noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Town Hall.
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Police, passerby rescue Gardiner woman who jumped into Cobbossee Stream
A 27-year-old Gardiner woman who jumped into Cobbossee Stream Monday was rescued by police and a passerby.
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State stops Summit Natural Gas work in Vassalboro over traffic control
The Maine Department of Transportation suspended a work permit for Summit Natural Gas of Maine on Friday for two days, after discovering traffic control problems at a construction site along U.S. Route 201 in Vassalboro.
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A look at the 19 people Bulger was accused of killing
Jurors find him guilty in 11 killings, say the state didn’t prove his involvement in seven and couldn’t agree on one.
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German schnitzel joins Maine traditions at Skowhegan State Fair
Johanna Franz is selling German schnitzel, a grilled pork dish, at the Skowhegan State Fair.