City Manager Michael Roy plans to ask city councilors Tuesday to approve spending $1 million in unexpected costs for the downtown BUILD project.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Augusta councilors ask for school board to cut about $450K from budget
Citing city budget cuts, including the layoffs of more than 30 workers, councilors asked the Augusta school board to cut about $450,000 from the proposed budget to avoid a tax increase.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Dresden man arrested after gun stolen from a relative
Frank Foss Jr., 25, of Dresden was arrested Thursday on gun-related charges, which violate conditions from a previous arrest after he allegedly fired a gun at his wife and children.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner’s fire chief seeking more firefighters
The Gardiner City Council is expected to consider a proposal to add three firefighters when it reviews the city’s proposed budget in coming weeks.
Posted inAmy Calder, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Living creatively, in a pandemic
If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is how to be creative and never give up, writes Amy Calder.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Augusta Schools’ policy on broadcast media stalls — again — due to lack of input
Radio broadcaster says station won’t broadcast Cony High School home games if the proposed policy passes.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Cedar Ridge Center in Skowhegan dealing with outbreak different from coronavirus
So far, the long-term facility has received 162 negative tests for coronavirus with 18 pending, but Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC, said at Thursday’s briefing that the facility is dealing with a norovirus outbreak.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan Fire Department offers thanks to Redington-Fairview employees
Full-time firefighter Ty Strout said that the department purchased more than $1,000 in gift cards from their union dues to say thank you to health care workers at Redington-Fairview General Hospital.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Fairfield restaurant delays reopening amid uncertainty with coronavirus
David Gulak, co-owner of Meridians Kitchen & Bar in Fairfield, says the restaurant will remain closed for at least another month to evaluate how the coronavirus pandemic develops after restaurants are allowed to reopen Monday for dine-in customers.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
China man charged with possessing child pornography
Jeffery George, 38, was arrested at his home on a charge of possessing sexually explicit material of someone under 12, while a Wiscasset man was charged with the same crime in a unrelated case.