Maine Wildlife Park opening day Maine Wildlife Park is set to open for the season Wednesday, April 15, at 56 Game Farm RoadGray. The park is home to more than 30 species of Maine wildlife that cannot return to the wild, either due to injury, orphancy, or human-dependency — having been raised in captivity (sometimes […]
Augusta Civic Center
Collapsed Augusta Civic Center wall was ‘compromised,’ report says
The engineering firm Harriman was hired to examine the scene of a wall collapse in an Augusta Civic Center locker room, which injured one Monmouth Academy boys basketball player last month.
Concerts, plays and a sportmans show are planned in central Maine
Waterville Opera House plans Gipsy Kings, Rustic Overtones and Melissa Etheridge concerts, Della Mae is set to perform in Waldoboro, Augusta readies for State of Maine Sportsman’s Show, and be sure to get your tickets for ‘Once Upon a Mattress.’
A wall collapsed in an Augusta Civic Center locker room. Monmouth Academy players were inside.
The non-load-bearing concrete wall was not built to modern standards, Augusta Director of Code Enforcement Robert Overton said.
Times changed for Friday’s regional championship basketball games
Games are being moved to earlier in the day because of a forecast of snow in the evening.
Maine basketball teams in new tournament homes
With this year’s reclassification, several groups must adjust to significant site changes compared to recent seasons, particularly in Class A and Class B.
Concerts, expos, auditions set for Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan, Camden
Waterville Opera House will stage EagleMainia and The Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus performances, Northeast Motorsports Expo and Trade Show and Maine Agricultural Trades Show are scheduled back-to-back in Augusta, and auditions for ‘The Crucible’ are set for Skowhegan.
Augusta voters to consider $5.4M loan for roads, civic center
The bond would also pay for a new ambulance, refurbishing a fire truck, and a ventilation system for the public works garage that may be replaced with a new facility.
Augusta proposes borrowing $6.1 million for Civic Center, road, building improvements
Augusta voters will to be asked to approve $5.3 million in borrowing in November to pay for citywide infrastructure projects.
Augusta consolidates polls for future elections
City councilors approved a proposal to consolidate voting at the Augusta Civic Center for future elections, but voting Tuesday will be at Augusta City Center on Cony Street.