While the move is only procedural and unlikely to affect Sen. Susan Collins, experts say it is part of a populist shift in the Republican Party from the local to the national level.
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Kennebec County budget committee approves $14.3 million spending plan
Voting on the budget is the main duty of the county Budget Committee, but it is expected to play a role later this year as county officials consider the best way to use federal relief funds the county is receiving through the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Community goal-setting conversations start in Gardiner
The United Way of Kennebec Valley is hosting a series of community conversations around the region to establish its 10-year community goals for the nonprofit agency that supports social service agencies in the area.
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Kennebec County settles excessive force lawsuit against jail guard
The county’s insurer paid $30,000 to settle the complaint by an inmate who was pepper-sprayed in 2019.
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Lawyer: Donor of controversial Augusta statue might be willing to take back his gift
A lawyer representing Robert Fuller Jr., who donated the statue of Melville W. Fuller to Kennebec County in 2013, suggested his client is willing to take back his gift.
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Kennebec County group debates whether controversial Fuller statue is ‘our collective problem’
Kennebec County Commissioners voted unanimously in February to remove the statue of Melville Fuller from county courthouse property. They now must decide where it will go.
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Inmate at Kennebec County jail tests positive for COVID-19
Kennebec County Sheriff Ken Mason says the male inmate is in a quarantine block in Augusta.
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Clinton man arrested, charged with evading arrest, injuring officer
James H. Simonson, 60, was wanted in Somerset County on a warrant for failing to appear in court on a drug trafficking charge.
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Morning Sentinel Photos of the Year 2020
A look at some of the best images captured by Morning Sentinel photographers Michael G. Seamans and Rich Abrahamson during 2020.
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Augusta Fire, Delta Ambulance, to administer COVID-19 vaccine to public safety workers
Officials expect to get vaccine this week and start giving it to public safety workers soon afterwards.