The Saturday morning fire that started near a monitor heater and microwave in the kitchen of one of four-apartment units in a building on Route 133 in Winthrop displaced a family, but no one was harmed in the blaze.
Paul Koenig
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Thermometer registers minus 13 in Augusta, minus 15 in Waterville
A day with temperatures reaching only a few degrees above zero made the Augusta Community Warming Center a popular place for people trying to escape the cold.
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Chelsea to set special town meeting for gas pipeline TIF, fire tanker
The special town meeting for buying a fire tanker and for creating a tax-increment financing district for nearly seven miles of natural gas pipeline would be scheduled for Jan. 21.
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Gardiner residents hope neglected family cemetery can be restored
A recently rediscovered small cemetery dating to the 19th century has been vandalized and is in the middle of a gravel pit owned by Drilling & Blasting Rock Specialists.
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Augusta exhibit commemorates 25th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
UMA’s Holocaust and Human Rights Center display includes an oral history from those with disabilities, as well as their art and historical artifacts.
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Gardiner Main Street recognized for community work
The director of Gardiner Main Street, a nonprofit organization being honored by the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce, said he’s noticed recent attitude changes about the city’s downtown.
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Emery’s Meat & Produce opening in Gardiner, closing Augusta and Monmouth stores
The family-owned meat market is opening in Gardiner Friday with the help of a business incentives program.
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Bangor Savings Bank honored for Augusta investment
The Bangor bank’s $4 million investment in a new building off Western Avenue allowed the bank to grow its staff in Augusta to nearly 30 employees.
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Construction of West Gardiner roundabout to begin March 2015
The work on the roundabout being built on Routes 9 and 126 between the Interstate 95 interchange and the Maine Turnpike service plaza is expected to run until December 2015.
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Macpage honored for 25 years of work in Augusta
Financial firm is Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.