Augusta area police reports for Feb. 25, 2018
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BIW, billionaire, Verizon among Maine’s top spenders on lobbying
Lobbyists reported compensation last year of $5.2 million – more than double what they were paid in 2016.
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Augusta man indicted in attack on fellow inmate at Kennebec County jail
Elijah Ashley’s aggravated assault charge carries a maximum of 30 years’ imprisonment.
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Coast Guard preparing for new Kennebec River Ice-breaking effort
Observations by the Coast Guard and Kennebec County officials show thinning ice and stretches of open water on the river south of Richmond.
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Grant funds could finish off visitors’ center, other Bond Brook Recreation Area amenities in Augusta
The city received $50,000 last year from Friends of Maine’s Mountains for use in developing the recreation site.
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Coast Guard icebreakers to return to Kennebec River next week
The Maine Emergency Management Agency sent out a request for a second round of ice breaking in the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers on Thursday based on expected warmer weather.
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Augusta convenience store robber imprisoned for four years
Anthony Manganella, of Windsor, pleaded guilty to the Thanksgiving Day 2017 holdup at Augusta Kwik Mart, saying he wasn’t in his ‘right mind.’
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Augusta school leaders look to add IT director, other staff to $30.8M budget proposal
The budget draft also includes about $230,000 to air-condition the upper floor at three elementary schools.
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Warm weather brings no new flooding concerns along Kennebec River
The record-breaking temperature Wednesday contributed to melting across the region, but it was not enough to shift the ice jam between Hallowell and Farmingdale.
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Police: NY driver ‘hurrying up to meet a girl for sex’ pulled over in Augusta, faces drug charges
Deondray Warren said he was ‘hurrying up to meet a girl for sex on Franklin Street,’ according to the trooper who stopped the vehicle.