The $3 million project was needed to replace a bridge damaged when it was struck.
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Augusta man accused of stealing shopping cart filled with groceries, booze from Walmart
Wyatt Wilson was found riding the shopping cart Monday night down Civic Center Drive and claimed he had “paid for everything but the alcohol,” police said.
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Augusta board reverses vote, allows blasting at West River Road pit
The decision came after officials decided the blasting site was not close enough to what constitutes a neighborhood.
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LePage says he has delivered what he promised to Maine, but some see it differently
Supporters praise his straight talk and efforts to reform welfare and shrink government, but critics say he hasn’t brought the jobs he promised and has left some of the state’s neediest in dire straits.
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Owners of hybrids, all-electric vehicles fume over proposal to assess annual fee
Opponents at a public hearing drive home their point that the state plan, aimed at shoring up the highway maintenance fund, is unfair and would punish ‘socially conscious’ consumers.
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New bus runs proposed for Augusta senior housing complex residents
Augusta city councilors are looking at a partnership with Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, with up to $10,000 in initial funding support, to start up the busing program.
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Augusta woman imprisoned 4 years for selling cocaine to officer
Samantha Tupper, who had been involved in a shots-fired incident in Walmart in June 2016, was sentenced Tuesday on the drug charge.
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State plans safer, quieter shooting range in Augusta
The plan calls for reconstructing and expanding an existing shooting area on state-owned property off Sanford Road into what officials said would be the first of its kind in New England.
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Maine attorney general joins peers opposing citizenship question in census
Janet Mills signs a joint letter saying that asking about citizenship status would depress participation in the census and throw off the populations counts.
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Kennebec Journal Feb. 11 police log
Augusta area police reports for Feb. 11, 2018.