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Schools and Education
Backpacks full of school supplies to be given to Augusta-area students
Sunday's event, scheduled for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., is to be drive-thru style at the Augusta Civic Center.
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Local & State
Postal workers’ union says up to 80,000 letters held back Monday in southern Maine
Thanks to a new policy handed down from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, trucks left the mail behind at a local distribution center, according to the union.
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Maine Crime
Police arrest two men in connection with Westbrook shooting
Each is charged with aggravated reckless conduct following an investigation into a July 26 shooting.
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Local & State
Belgrade library, bookstore to host three-part series on race relations
The best-selling novel and movie "The Hate U Give" will be the focus of the series that begins at 7 p.m. Thursday via Zoom.
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Local & State
Trump: ‘Glad to have helped’ striking union workers, Bath shipyard reach agreement
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Maine Crime
Central Maine Aug. 10 police log
Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Aug. 10, 2020.
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Many use the two names interchangeably when referring to the body of water in Portland, but only one is correct.
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MaineHealth may be giving its 22,000 employees the flu shot early to try to avoid hospitals filling up with flu and COVID-19 patients this winter.
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Ryan Conary, 26, was killed on Toddy Pond in Orland after a Jet Ski collided with a waterskiing craft, authorities say.
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Clonal hematopoiesis puts older people at risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
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The action would make states pay for one-quarter of the $400-per-week enhanced jobless benefit, but it is unclear how the program would be implemented.
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When accounting for cases subtracted from previous days, Maine had a net of 7 new cases Monday, and the number of hospitalizations remains low.
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Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.
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Some people are naming pets to recall the joy they've brought during a dark time, others have vanity plates that show frustration, and we all might be seeing babies with names like Hope and Patience soon.
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Looking for a job, a typical requirement for receiving jobless aid, was waived in the worst months of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Many use the two names interchangeably when referring to the body of water in Portland, but only one is correct.
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MaineHealth may be giving its 22,000 employees the flu shot early to try to avoid hospitals filling up with flu and COVID-19 patients this winter.
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Ryan Conary, 26, was killed on Toddy Pond in Orland after a Jet Ski collided with a waterskiing craft, authorities say.
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The situation was resolved when the man, who was 'actively cutting himself,' was disarmed by a 'sponge round,' a police spokesman says.
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Sen. Susan Collins criticizes congressional Democrats for blocking the extension of unemployment benefits, while Sen. Angus King says the president has moved the country closer to an 'elected monarchy.'
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Kristopher M. McWilliams, 31, headbutted Pittsfield Officer Hunter Quinlan and kicked him twice in the chest, according to officials.
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Community groups and residents are asking for additional limits on the number of marijuana outlets allowed in the city's downtown as the adult-use market gets ready to launch. Others say the market will determine how many shops the city will have.
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Augusta and Waterville area police reports for August 9, 2020.
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Representatives of the Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed and Maine DEP are planning to treat Annabessacook Lake next Monday with an herbicide.
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On the shores of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison, Lakewood is the oldest continuously operating summer theater in the United States.
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Robert Rasche, 61, of Bellingham, Mass., was recovered from the Webhannet River on Saturday afternoon.
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Maine's numbers remained low over the weekend – only 28 new COVID-19 cases.
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With the return to school around the corner, Maine high school students say they'd like to be back in the classroom, but they're equally concerned about safety.
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Sports, especially baseball, is the music of the season; love songs from the bleachers, J.P. Devine writes.
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An observation tower put up for hikers changed the view for artists, a conflict that could continue with more development in the area.
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For many amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels like the hands on the clock have stopped moving.
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Many businesses report poor sales and low customer counts as the coronavirus pandemic continues to strangle commerce.
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The House passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act to fund Defense Department programs for fiscal 2021.
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Success in a mass-inoculation effort to achieve herd immunity depends on communicating its efficacy and overcoming 'vaccine hesitancy.'
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The feature film shot in Newry follows two couples competing for beer and glory.
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The body of a male was discovered following a report Saturday of a sailboat adrift on the Webhannet River.
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Only a handful of activists and a cleaning crew remained on site Saturday afternoon.
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Biagio Coppola-Torres, 17, had last been seen Friday in Pennsylvania but is now safe, authorities say.
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The free program was attended by two families on Saturday, but organizers from Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed hope a fall event is better-attended.
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According to local real estate agents, the recent uptick of home sales has been caused by a convergence of factors heightened by COVID-19.
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The sign's owner says someone stole an earlier sign she had put in her yard in the town of Waldo.
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People & Places: Stephen Wallace promoted to senior vice president.
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Augusta and Waterville area police reports for August 8, 2020.
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Union members will vote on the new contract proposal via telephone Aug. 21-23, according to the union. If approved, the contract would last until Aug. 20, 2023.
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The overall prevalence of COVID-19 has remained low enough in Maine to allow some schools to reopen for in-person instruction.
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viaA union representing striking production workers says a tentative agreement was reached with Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works to end a strike that stretched for more than a month during a global pandemic.
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Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.
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A few dozen campers remained on City Hall Plaza a day after organizers said they would wind down the protest encampment, but the crowd was shrinking.
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Augusta and Waterville area police reports for August 7, 2020.
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Initial plans to use almost half of the parking lot at the northwestern corner of Water and Central streets have been walked back to increase parking.
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Maine progressive leaders and Democratic lawmakers held a virtual news conference Friday to stress the need for another infusion of federal funds.
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The Waterville Board of Education on Monday is expected to vote on the plan, which spells out how students and staff who decide to return to school buildings this year will be required to follow health and safety guidelines.
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The Augusta soup kitchen, which provided dine-in meals before coronavirus, is continuing to serve the community with takeout hot lunches weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon.
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The debate, which will feature Susan Collins, Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn, will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11.
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A Capitol Police officer and an American Legion chaplain team up to help raise funds to fix a Civil War veteran's gravestone at Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
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A federal grant that came last year is helping to fund the installation of public art pieces in 3 bus shelters this month.
