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PublishedApril 23, 2025
Augusta councilors reach compromise on budget cuts
The City Council, which will take up the budget Thursday, has ordered the city and school department to lessen the tax impact to a 2.5% increase.
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PublishedApril 21, 2025
Proposed $92.6 million city, school budget would raise Augusta taxes by 9.8%
Residents and officials are divided over whether to seek more cuts in the school budget.
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PublishedApril 17, 2025
Augusta ponders gift of park at former YMCA site
The owner of a prominent vacant lot wants to turn it into a park and give it to the city, but some officials want to see other development at the site.
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PublishedApril 14, 2025
Augusta to redesign logo, city fonts, to make online materials accessible to all
City leaders want to get ahead of a 2027 Americans With Disabilities Act deadline to make all online city material accessible to screen readers and other assistive technology.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2025
Augusta needs to do more to help homeless residents, task force says
The group urges city officials to help create a year-round homeless shelter and hire a worker to coordinate housing services.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2025
Augusta again considers whether to consolidate voting at Civic Center
Some residents say closing the city's neighborhood ward polling places could suppress voting by making it harder for poor or elderly people, or those who do not drive, to get to the Civic Center.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2025
Augusta daytime shelter, needle exchange concerns addressed
Maine Recovery Access Project's Access Center is expected to open at 53 Water St., in the north end of the city's downtown, in June, bringing both hopes and concerns.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2025
Augusta homelessness task force urges city to take lead on shelter
City officials need to support the creation of a low-barrier shelter for people who are chronically homeless, a draft report says.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2025
Augusta park, minus controversial statue, proposed for former YMCA site
Philanthropist and seasonal resident Robert Fuller seeks to build a park across the street from the Capital Judicial Center and Lithgow Public Library.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2025
Augusta Civic Center auditorium naming rights sold for $828K
The former Paul G. Poulin Auditorium to be renamed for Hammond Lumber, with the main entrance to the Augusta Civic Center to be rededicated to Poulin.
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