AUGUSTA — The Augusta Police Department is investigating a robbery at the Bangor Street Subway on Tuesday afternoon after a robber made off with some cash. Deputy Chief Kevin Lully said no one was injured in the robbery and the suspect made off with an “undisclosed amount of money.” The robbery was reported at “approximately […]
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DHHS urges pot users to keep drug away from children
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is urging marijuana users to take steps to prevent children from accidentally ingesting the drug, after a spike in reports to a poison hotline. Also, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting a new state website that provides information on such topics as marijuana […]
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LePage's secret wind commission falling apart
A vocal critic of commercial wind energy in Maine has resigned from Gov. Paul LePage’s secretive commission to study the industry, saying the group “lacks urgency, credibility and focus.” Chris O’Neil, a consultant to the anti-wind organization Friends of Maine’s Mountains, said he welcomed the creation of the Maine Wind Energy Advisory Commission as a […]
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Cabin in the Woods opens at Togus providing homes to homeless veterans
CHELSEA — Tim Buckmore is delighted by his new digs, even if the cable TV hasn’t arrived yet. Until this summer, Buckmore, 57, was one of dozens of homeless veterans living in Maine. Now he’s among 19 veterans who have moved into small houses on a quiet corner of the VA Maine Healthcare System-Togus campus. For […]
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Augusta woman uses roadside signs to find a new kidney for herself
AUGUSTA — A half-dozen signs set up this week along property on busy South Belfast Avenue piece together a highly visible plea from Krystal Reardon for the public to help her find a new kidney. Her story highlights a growing backlog of those nationwide who need kidneys and struggle to get them, with some dying […]
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Corrections chief seeks public's help to find prison escapee
AUGUSTA — As the search for convicted murderer and career criminal Arnold Nash extended into a fourth day, Maine’s corrections commissioner said the prisoner showed no warning signs that he had planned to escape from a minimum-security prison in Charleston. Joseph Fitzpatrick, addressing the incident for the first time publicly Monday, declined to divulge many […]
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Maine State Museum’s newest exhibition looks at Jewish culture in Maine
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum’s newest exhibition, “Maine + Jewish: Two Centuries,” opens to the public on 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, with free admission all day. Some three years in the making, the exhibition presents the experiences of one of Maine’s most enduring communities, from 19th-century immigrants to more recent […]
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'Bug Maine-ia' infests the Maine State Museum
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum hosts the 16th annual “Bug Maine-ia,” a statewide celebration of bugs, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Maine State Museum’s State House Complex at 230 State St. “Bug Maine-ia” is a chance for people across the state to learn how bugs change the world for better or worse. […]
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VFW donates to Beals Hospitality House
AUBURN — The Frank W. Hulett VFW Post 1603 recently presented a donation to Cici Atwood, manager of Beals Hospitality House at the Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta. The facility provides temporary housing to families of hospitalized and hospice veterans. The nonprofit organization operates by donations only. For more information on the Beals Hospitality […]
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Protesters decry transmission line through Maine's North Woods
AUGUSTA — As a registered white-water rafting guide in Somerset County, Kimberly Lyman has heard from visitors to Maine about their desire to experience the wilderness and spend time away from developed places. So the prospect of a 145-mile electric transmission line running from Quebec to Lewiston and on to Massachusetts, including a crossing at […]