Augusta area police reports for April 1, 2018.
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Kennebec County courts March 22-28
A roundup of cases closed March 22-28, 2018, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
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Temple Beth El in Augusta celebrate Passover
This year’s holiday observance featured an emoji version of the story of Moses leading the Isrealites out of Egypt.
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Watch: Gobbles emerge from Augusta conference room as kids compete in annual turkey-call contest
The contest was held at the Augusta Civic Center as part of the annual State of Maine Sportsman’s Show.
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Small Maine fire departments sound alarm over overtime cutbacks for state investigators
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.
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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.