AUGUSTA — For the rest of the season, the Mt. Blue High School varsity basketball team in Farmington will be wearing armbands bearing the initials of Lt. Col. Michael J. Backus.
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Protest, promises of future friction greet legislators on first day of session
AUGUSTA — Teases of legislation and political fights to come, along with a mid-day demonstration by progressive groups, took over the halls of the State House, where official business on Tuesday consisted of quick morning sessions and committee work.
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Albion aims to keep town budget, tax rates level
ALBION — Selectmen say they’re determined to keep the town’s budget from rising this year, members said this week.
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Former Richmond man avoids jail in 2008 slapping, kicking assault
AUGUSTA — A Portland man will see no jail time for being involved in slapping and kicking a drunken man who died hours later of what the medical examiner ruled were unrelated causes.
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Livermore Falls to consider switching counties
A similar effort died on Legislature’s doorstep in 2005.
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Augusta to consider banning sex offenders from living near schools, parks
AUGUSTA — City Councilors on Thursday will discuss a proposal to prohibit sex offenders convicted of acts against children from living within 750 feet of schools, parks and other municipal property where children are the primary users.
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SNAPSHOT: Winter farmers’ market at Augusta’s Mill Park
Charlie Erskine, of Erskine Farms, left, and Dalziel Lewis, of Dig Deep Farm, set up under the gazebo for the weekly farmers’ market on Tuesday in Mill Park in Augusta. The winter market runs every Tuesday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. through May, when the hours will change. Mill Park is on Northern Avenue, between downtown and Sand Hill.
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Ex-Augusta man gets life for California double murder
A former Augusta man who killed a Maine couple in California three years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison.
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PHOTO: Big rig jackknifes on Pond Road in Sidney Tuesday
According to police, the operator of this tractor-trailer became jackknifed on the Pond Road in Sidney after attempting to turn around, when the front tires went in a ditch, on Tuesday. A tow truck was called to get the rig back on the roadway.
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SNAPSHOT: Hardwood, but easy bargain
Richard Cormier piles firewood he cut at his Farmingdale lot, on Tuesday. Cormier said he’s selling the freshly cut hardwood by the third of a cord.