Among the Maine Department of Transportation projects taking place this summer are one on Route 3 from Augusta to China, and one on U.S. Route 202 in Winthrop and Manchester.
Abigail Austin
Abigail is a Kennebec Journal staff writer covering crime and courts. She has a BFA from the University of Maine Farmington and has worked in journalism for five years, meeting the community first as the Connections editor at the Sun Journal. She writes because she's curious and wants to tell the stories of central Mainers. It was this same curiosity that stirred Abby and her husband to sell everything in a yard sale and hit the American back roads as full-time RVers where she met locals who gave her recipes for fire water and fudge along with tips to avoid bear and cockroaches. Now parked in Hartford on a little ranch, Abby spends her spare time in the saddle and and on the trails with her dog.
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Kennebec Journal police log for May 9
Augusta area police reports for May 9, 2019.
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Belgrade would pay $6.5 million of RSU 18’s $38.7 million spending plan
While district spending is proposed to increase 2.86 percent, Belgrade property taxpayers would see a 3.98 percent bump in what they’ll pay.
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Four people vie for two Selectboard seats in Readfield
Candidate forum introduces residents to the candidates: An incumbent finishing her third term, and three others who have resided in town between three and 35 years.
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Winthrop departments propose $1.1 million of capital improvements
Some proposed capital improvements need immediate action, while many others are for future plans.
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Belgrade town manager to resign for personal reasons
Dennis Keschl, who is also a state representative, cited a need to put family ahead of his career.
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What’s at stake if milfoil spreads in central Maine? Declining property values, recreation opportunities
Boaters are temporarily restricted from areas of Annabessacook Lake in Monmouth and Great Pond, including Great Meadow Stream, in Rome.
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Added administrators driving proposed Winthrop school budget increase
The school department has proposed a $12.2 million budget, with a 3.85% spending increase, for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
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99-year-old resident donates historic ‘Alice Room’ paintings to Wayne Library Association
A Maine home treasure will be visible to community when Wayne’s Mad Hatter Committee opens an “Alice Room” replica at the Williams House.
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At Readfield Union Meeting House, restoration of historic paintings part of 5-year project
Restoration of the steeple, including the clock, will be one of the more costly repairs to the meetinghouse, where planned repairs are estimated to total some $500,000.