Local officials are concerned that they’ll have to assume more responsibility because of cuts to overtime spending for Office of State Fire Marshal investigators.
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Proposed $63 million Augusta budget would increase taxes 6.6%
City Manager William Bridgeo says much of the proposed spending increase is attributable to a jump in wages for some employees.
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Judge hears emergency request to allow Maine to move forward with ranked-choice voting
Attorneys for Maine’s secretary of state and the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting argue for a ruling that would clear the way for the nation’s first statewide ranked-choice election in June.
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Four arrested in separate Augusta drug busts, police say
Authorities seized cocaine and heroin in a pair of busts this week in Augusta.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Waterville woman convicted in taxi robbery scheme gets six years in prison for drug trafficking
Christina Marie Pena-Cantor, 40, had been on probation at the time for a 2010 robbery of a taxi driver in Waterville.
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Waterville woman to serve 12 months in prison for $100 robbery
Antelsy “Amy” Bellows, 39, had been on probation at the time of the offense on Dec. 27, 2017.
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‘We have to say thanks by making sure the VA works,’ Sen. Angus King tells vets at Vietnam War ceremony
State and federal officials honored Vietnam-era veterans Thursday at the Togus event, part of a yearslong series of observances marking a half-century since the war.
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Douglas Rooks: Making Water Street great again
Augusta’s downtown is ready for some new beginnings.
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Photo slideshow: ‘Messiah’ dress rehearsal at Augusta church
The First United Pentecostal Church of Augusta held the rehearsals for the show ahead of the Easter season.
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Pennsylvania man charged in bizarre Maine car chase now accused of nearly $500K business fraud
Robert Rohwer agreed Wednesday to waive extradition and be returned to face charges in his home state, which alleges he stole more than $495,000 through deceptive or fraudulent practices.