AIM Recycling pleaded guilty to 17 counts of failing to surrender the titles of vehicles it crushed to the state, paying more than $41,000 in fines and other charges as part of a plea agreement.
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Maine VA dedicates Fisher House, a home to lodge veterans’ families in Augusta
The ceremony was delayed over a year due to restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Liz Soares: A too-brief reprieve
Unless more people are vaccinated against the coronavirus, writes Liz Soares, variants will continue to mutate.
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Augusta library to host talk by ‘Mainely Power’ author
AUGUSTA — Author Matt Cost is to join Lithgow Public Library’s monthly book discussion at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11. This event will take place both in person at 45 Winthrop St., and via Zoom. Cost’s Maine Humanities/Read ME fiction selection, “Mainely Power” will be discussed. The book is set in Brunswick, with a protagonist […]
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Farmingdale corporation participating in food program
FARMINGDALE — Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation, has announced its participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals are available at no separate charge to all enrolled participants. The food program is effective through June 30, 2022. Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation, 337 Maine Ave., does not discriminate against any participant because […]
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Deeds and research lead to discovery of lost historic Augusta cemetery
An abandoned city-owned cemetery found in the woods between Riverside Drive and the Kennebec River in Augusta contains graves of Civil and Revolutionary war soldiers.
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Journalism scholarship funds awards to 16 Maine students
The Guy P. Gannett Journalism Scholarship Fund and the Agnes Freyer Gibbs Scholarship Fund of the Maine Community Foundation have awarded $335,000 in scholarships to 16 students, all graduates of Maine high schools. Students receive financial support for graduate and undergraduate studies at schools across the country. New Gannett and Gibbs journalism scholarship recipients are […]
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Bicentennial lectures to feature 1 story of 4 Kennebec forts
The meet and greet is set for Aug. 7 at Old Fort Western.
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Gardiner’s downtown master plan taking shape with residents’ input
In mid-July dozens of city residents who took part in the Heart of Gardiner workshop, part of the city’s process in drafting a master plan to guide decision making in the city’s downtown for the next decade.
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Hallowell Planning Board partially approves construction of 6 condos on Water Street
The board agreed to table approving the building, pending a visual of the aesthetic changes Pepin will make. Obery said the developer will return in August and present a different rendering for the board to consider.