The city joins Bar Harbor and Brunswick on a list of the 100 best small towns in America.

The mayor cited recent commercial development and infrastructure improvements as evidence that Augusta is making progress.

A Vassalboro gunsmith said safety could be improved by enacting laws to provide better access to firearms safety training, including offering it as an elective class in public schools.

Members of the Augusta community are invited to gather at 6 p.m. Monday at Cony High School to talk about the growing problem of opiate abuse.

Rollins, along with school board and council members, will take the oath of office during the first meeting of the new year.

Wesley Cooper Beaudoin was born at 3:48 a.m. Friday at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta.