A fundraiser Saturday in Hallowell will help raise donations for the preservation of the historic fire station on Second Street, which opened in 1829 as a town hall.
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‘Mountain of merchandise’ found in Wayne home leads to arrest
Justin Ross, 36, was arrested on theft and burglary charges after police from several jurisdictions found tens of thousands of dollars in stolen goods.
More Augusta apartments closed for code violations
Twelve tenants who lived at 1 and 3 Jefferson St. forced to move elsewhere.
Mom, daughter who wrecked Monmouth headstones to be prosecuted, DA says
Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney says she needs more information before she can press charges against Melissa Grant, 42, and her daughter, Savannah Lowe, 20, both of Winthrop, accused of damaging headstones in a Monmouth cemetery with cars on Friday.
At Augusta-area offices, federal shutdown having mixed impact
OSHA, Geological Survey offices closed, VA and FBI mostly normal as state transportation official says project permitting could be delayed.
Vassalboro woman hides in closet as man breaks in
William Joseph McLain Jr., 31, told police he needed money to fuel his heroin habit, so he broke into a woman’s home on Riverside Drive on Friday afternoon, police said.
DA Maloney’s former opponent critical of victim arrests
Darrick Banda, who faced District Attorney Maeghan Maloney at the polls last November, is critical of Maloney’s decision to jail the victim of an alleged April beating, as well as her “zero tolerance” approach to domestic violence.
All parties seek quicker fix for Hallowell’s leaning Water Street
A future reconstruction project on Hallowell’s Water Street has city business owners worried about closure, as state officials mull alternatives to an outlined plan that could rebuild the road over two construction seasons.
Maine DA: Jailed victim was contacted by her attacker
The victim of a savage domestic beating was arrested only as a ‘last resort,’ the prosecutor says.
Wandering moose tranquilized in Augusta neighborhood, moved, set free in woods
The moose, weighing nearly 600 pounds and having stubs for antlers, was a yearling and was unable to find a contiguous stretch of woods in the urban area.