Major traffic detour Sunday, Monday in Augusta

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Published
August 3, 2011

Major traffic detour Sunday, Monday in Augusta

AUGUSTA — Mount Vernon Avenue will be closed between Bond Street and Bond Brook Road to all but local traffic beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday. The detour is expected to last “until Monday morning,” according to a news release from the Greater Augusta Utilities District. The utility is in the midst of a sewer reconstruction […]
Published
August 2, 2011

VIDEO: Lightning levels Mount Vernon home

Fire blamed on lightning ignited a home at 330 Wings Mills Road this morning, leveling it. No one was injured.
Published
August 1, 2011

UPDATE: Police release photos of Manchester robber

MANCHESTER — Police are investigating a report of a robbery at a U.S. Route 202 store this morning. A young man robbed the Rite Aid Pharmacy in Manchester around 11 a.m., and fled on foot after he demanded oxycodone, Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland said. The suspect was given an unspecified quantity of prescription […]
Published
July 28, 2011

Swan indicted in Chelsea corruption probe

AUGUSTA — A Kennebec County grand jury on Thursday indicted former Chelsea Board of Selectmen Chairman Carole Swan on four criminal charges alleging she solicited kickbacks from a snowplow contractor. A prosecutor says her actions remain under scrutiny. The indictment is the formal start of a criminal case against Swan, 53, and she will be […]
Published
July 22, 2011

Chelsea residents reject settlement deal for ex-clerk

CHELSEA -- Residents at a special town meeting Thursday said no to a $25,000 settlement for a former town clerk.

Published
July 15, 2011

Ex Augusta fire official gets 1 1/2 years for sex offense

AUGUSTA — A former captain with the Augusta Fire Department was ordered to serve a year and a half in prison as part of his sentence for having sex with a 15-year-old girl at his home in Manchester between April 2007 and April 2008. Robert G. MacMaster, 40, now of Lincoln, was convicted by a […]
Published
July 14, 2011

Judge declares mistrial in Clemens case

Prosecutors show jurors evidence against the judge's orders in the second day of testimony.
Published
July 11, 2011

UPDATE: Truck-train collision ‘like someone dropped a bomb’

Officials say both the truck and the train are on fire.
Published
July 11, 2011

Downeaster, truck collide in ‘fireball’

A Downeaster train with 109 passengers aboard slammed into a trash-hauling tractor trailer at 11:05 a.m. today, killing at least one person.<br><br>The driver of the truck died in the collision, said Cliff Cole, a spokesman based in Amtrak's New York office. Some of the train's 109 passengers were injured, but it's not clear how many or how seriously they were hurt, said Steve McCausland from the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Published
July 1, 2011

Firefighter convicted in sex case

AUGUSTA - A former city fire captain was convicted by a jury Friday of sexual abuse of a minor, stemming from an illicit relationship he had with a teenage girl.