Maine’s governor asks the state treasurer for more time to decide if he will sign off on $117 million in new debt for the state, a tactic House Speaker Sara Gideon calls irresponsible.
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Kennebec Journal June 24 police log
Augusta area police reports for June24, 2018.
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New owner of former Augusta church hopes to create community gathering space, apartments
The former St. Mark’s Episcopal Church has been vacant since 2014, and now Adam Turner wants to preserve the historic property with new uses.
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Ex-Riverview worker accused of falsely claiming injury by patient
Kennebec grand jury indicts Lewiston man and others on Thursday.
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Water main break in Augusta affects about 20 customers
The break happened Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Chapel Street and Lambard Court.
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Augusta, Waterville area bridge results
Gamers play in Waterville, Hallowell and Augusta.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, Politics
Maine Democrats’ U.S. Senate candidate arrested, eventually released while trying to get into detention center at border
Zak Ringelstein, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Angus King, went to McAllen, Texas, with supplies he said he wanted to deliver to children separated from their parents. He was released early Saturday morning.
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Augusta council hears from two-way Water Street traffic advocates
Councilors took no action on the proposal but might do so as soon as July 19, when a second reading of the proposal is expected.
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Truck fire closes southbound side of I-95 in Augusta
Emergency radio reports said explosions were reported at the crash site, near mile marker 114 on Interstate 95.
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Former Augusta man gets seven years behind bars for store burglary spree
Michael J. Gagne, 41, burglarized some businesses twice in 2015 across Kennebec County, while causing damages and fear among local clerks.