AUGUSTA (AP) — A chance to pick up bargain furniture and other items from the old MaineGeneral Medical Center attracted so many shoppers that officials canceled plans to extend the sale for another day. The Portland Press Herald reports that about 1,000 items sold in less than three hours Saturday, prompting Sunday’s sale to be […]
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Augusta woman charged with arson after North Street fire
AUGUSTA — Police arrested an Augusta woman Thursday night in connection with a fire on North Street. Christina Karod, 21, who resided in a third-floor room of a multi-unit building, is accused of arson, according to Department of Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. The blaze, which Karod is accused of setting, broke out shortly before 8 […]
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Augusta woman charged with arson
AUGUSTA — Police in Maine say a 21-year-old woman started a fire that forced about 15 people to evacuate a housing complex in Augusta. Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said Friday that Christina Karod is charged with arson in connection with the fire that broke out around 8 p.m. Thursday. He says […]
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Man’s bail set at $20,000 cash in Chesterville home invasion
FARMINGTON — A judge Friday set bail at $20,000 cash for an Augusta man charged in a Nov. 11 home invasion in Chesterville. Stephen Dingus, 31, was arrested Nov. 14 in Augusta on a warrant after a search by several police departments, including the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. He is charged with one count of […]
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Lawmakers ax bills on pot and welfare reform; accept human trafficking and veterans housing proposals
AUGUSTA — Legislative leaders Thursday rejected a bill that could have put the issue of legalizing marijuana on the lawmaking agenda for the session that begins in January. Portland voters earlier this month overwhelmingly approved a city ordinance that makes legal the possession of up to 2½ ounces of marijuana for recreational use by adults […]
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Lawmakers challenge LePage on contract for Medicaid critic
AUGUSTA — Key state lawmakers, including a Lewiston senator, are questioning a nearly $1 million contract to hire a consultant to study an expansion of Medicaid in Maine. Lawmakers also are questioning the consulting firm’s objectivity and why Department of Health and Human Services officials in Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration awarded the no-bid contract under […]
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Defense: More to story in fatal Augusta stabbing
AUGUSTA (AP) — A lawyer hired to represent a Maine man charged with killing his 24-year-old girlfriend says the public is getting only one side of the story. Defense lawyer James Lawley called the death of Jillian Jones a tragedy and said that it appears that drug and alcohol played a role in her death […]
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Motivated by death of paving worker, Dexter man aims to save lives with ‘Ricky’s Mandate’
DEXTER — A Dexter man with 15 years of experience in the asphalt industry is working to get state lawmakers to adopt legislation he believes will save lives. Joel Costonis said recently that he came up with the concept of “Ricky’s Mandate” in response to the May 7 death of Richard E. Thibodeau Jr., who […]
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Dresden man charged with robbing same Augusta pharmacy twice in 3 days
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police have arrested a Dresden man they say robbed the same Augusta pharmacy twice in three days. Ryan McLaughlin was arrested initially by FBI agents on Thursday on unrelated warrants, but later was hit with federal robbery charges in connection with robberies on Monday and Wednesday at the Osco pharmacy inside the […]
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Augusta men charged in Chesterville home-invasion
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said an uncle and his nephew were charged Thursday with burglarizing a home in Chesterville on Monday while a teenage girl hid in her bedroom. James Dingus and his nephew, Stephen Dingus, both 31 and of 37 Gage St. in Augusta, were taken into custody in Augusta […]