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Mainers ski, snowshoe, eat and socialize during Sunday table tour at Viles Arboretum in Augusta

by Charles Eichacker February 5, 2017February 6, 2017

The event was an annual fundraiser for the 224-acre arboretum.

Business, Local & State, News

Downtown Augusta named to National Register of Historic Places

by Keith Edwards February 5, 2017February 5, 2017

The designation is expected to help downtown building owners get funding help for renovations.

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New Augusta golf simulator lets anyone play anywhere

by Jason Pafundi February 3, 2017February 3, 2017

The KV Indoor Golf facility charges adults $30 per hour to play more than 80 courses around the world, including Pebble Beach and TPC Sawgrass.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

New Yorker to spend 18 months behind bars for cocaine trafficking

by Betty Adams February 3, 2017February 3, 2017

Peter Hernandez was arrested in December 2014 in Augusta after police said they found a plastic bag on him ‘with 9 grams of cocaine base divided into retail doses’ as well as cash.

Local & State, News

Rumble strip project aims to reduce crashes along Route 3 from Augusta to South China

by Madeline St. Amour February 3, 2017February 3, 2017

The strips on the centerline of Route 3 will stretch more than 9 miles from Augusta to China, and state officials hope it could reduce crossover crashes by up to 60 percent.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

State seeks to prosecute Winthrop teen as adult in killing of parents

by Betty Adams February 3, 2017January 12, 2018

Police say Andrew Balcer called 911 from the family’s Pine Knoll Road home about 1:45 a.m. Oct. 31, 2016, to say he had stabbed his mother, his father and the family dog.