AUGUSTA — City councilors Thursday night voted to table a proposed ban on the use and sale of fireworks anywhere in the city, saying there is enough time to make a decision before the law allowing them in the state goes into effect Jan. 1.

AUGUSTA — New blood is coming to the Augusta City Council, regardless of who wins the race for the at-large seat being left by veteran Councilor Edward Coffin.

AUGUSTA — A pilot who says he has decades of experience in city affairs and a marketing specialist who says he is passionate about helping move Augusta into the future will vie for a two-year at-large seat on the City Council.

AUGUSTA — Having their neighborhood “occupied” is getting a little old for the Rheaume family. Living in the only remaining residence next to Capitol Park, the Rheaumes are no strangers to protests or other public events next door to their 118-year-old Union Street home. Marcie Rheaume wonders why requirements for users of the park to get a permit to stay overnight aren’t being enforced.

AUGUSTA — Having their neighborhood “occupied” is getting a little old for the Rheaume family. Living in the only remaining residence next to Capitol Park, the Rheaumes are no strangers to protests or other public events next door to their 118-year-old Union Street home.

AUGUSTA — Following heated debate city councilors indicated they’re ready to vote, one way or the other, on a long-tabled proposal that would force a paving plant that has drawn numerous complaints from its neighbors out of business, or at least out of its current location.

AUGUSTA — Stalwart manufacturer Kennebec Technologies is growing and hiring. The Church Hill Road company expects 12 percent growth this year and 10 percent in 2012. Since 2010, the firm has hired about a dozen new workers.