As gravestones fell, Bob Grenier decided it was not right to leave them and has stepped up to repair the graves after a funding commitment by the town for equipment.
Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
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Five Questions: Loyal Biscuit owner Heidi Neal
Neal is the co-owner of Loyal Biscuit Co., a Rockland-based independent dog and cat supply boutique with six locations, the latest opening in Hallowell last month.
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The climate crisis hits home in Central and Western Maine
WILTON — From moose to mud to maple syrup, the climate crisis is hitting home in Maine with an ever-greater impact. For 66-year-old Russell Black, a third-generation farmer and a Republican state senator from Wilton, it’s something with which he’s reluctantly learning to live. “It just isn’t the way it used to be,” Black said […]
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Augusta protest urges action
Organizers of the We the People rally say they want to remind elected officials that they work for the people and highlight topics that Congress is failing to act on, including gun control and immigration.
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‘A leader adjusts the sails’: UMA celebrates leadership, ‘Dirigo’ theme during 2019 convocation
Noel Paul Stookey, of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, gives keynote address.
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Augusta councilors award city’s first-ever licenses to medical marijuana businesses
Three medical marijuana retail stores to open, two on Western Avenue, one on Bangor Street, after councilors unanimously approve their licenses.
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Kennebec Journal Sept. 20 police log
Augusta area police reports for Sept. 20, 2019.
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Residents offer solutions for excrement problem at Hallowell’s closed dog park
Residents suggested providing bags and offering a small trash can at the Vaughn Field dog park’s at a public meeting Thursday.
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Connecticut man pleads not guilty to 12 counts of drug trafficking in Augusta
James Fulton, 37, indicted for allegedly selling Fentanyl, cocaine and heroin to confidential informant.
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Judgment grants $3.5 million to Monmouth man’s family over 2014 fatality
Philip M. Coward, 30, died after a load of rebar fell from a forklift at Mid-Maine Foundations Inc., on Howard Road in Monmouth on May 21, 2014.