AUGUSTA — A family that sued the city last week seeking to maintain access to their hillside Boothby Street home by driving across the Public Works site off North Street still would be able to do so under a proposed agreement discussed Wednesday by lawyers for the city and homeowners. The proposal, which would be […]
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Augusta man killed by pickup truck in capital
AUGUSTA — A pickup truck struck and killed an Augusta pedestrian Monday night near the west entrance to Memorial Bridge. Police blocked traffic from crossing the bridge shortly after the accident was reported about 7 p.m., and part of Cony Circle was closed as well. Augusta police Lt. Vicente Morris said the accident occurred near […]
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Lawsuit seeks access for Augusta family’s hillside home
AUGUSTA — Boothby Street residents who say their family has driven across city property to safely get to and from their home for 70 years without incident are suing Augusta to prevent it from blocking off their access across the public works site off North Street. An attorney for Monique and Robert Poulin, and Monique […]
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Maine Moose Hunt tradition brings disabled veterans together
AUGUSTA — Fifteen disabled Maine veterans experienced a once-in-a-lifetime controlled moose hunt this year as participants in the annual Maine Disabled Veterans Controlled Moose Hunt, held in Aroostook County in August and September. Since 2010, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) has partnered with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (IF&W) and Smoldering […]
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Women's barbershop quartet to perform Christmas concert
Christmas Memories, A Musical Celebration of Our Lives, will be presented at the Emmanuel Lutheran Episcopal Church, 209 Eastern Ave., Augusta, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, by the Maine-ly Harmony women’s barbershop chorus. Admission is free. Maine-ly Harmony, directed by Kathy Greason, consists of women of all ages from around the state who gather […]
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Greyhound adoption service gears up for Florida racing ban
Maine’s primary service for placing retired greyhound racing dogs with loving owners is about to get a lot busier thanks to a decision by Florida voters to end greyhound racing in their state. Maine Greyhound Placement Service in Augusta has found permanent homes for over 4,000 greyhounds in its 26 years of operation. Currently, most […]
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Augusta school board rejects adding religious holidays to calendar
AUGUSTA — Religious holidays of multiple faiths will not get their spot on the school calendar after all. The Augusta school board, despite extensive public testimony from local residents in favor and none in opposition, voted 5-2 to reject a new policy that would have added holidays for six religions to the school calendar in […]
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Augusta schools’ proposed policy would add religious holidays to school calendar
AUGUSTA — A new policy to highlight religious holidays — though not create any new days off — is scheduled for discussion Wednesday by the school board. The policy would include religious holidays for Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus on the school calendar so teachers and school administrators can try to avoid scheduling events […]
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Display, ceremonies mark centennial of Armistice Day
AUGUSTA — Men wearing green uniforms from World War I stood behind a line of tables inside the entrance to the Maine State Cultural Building where more uniforms and other equipment were displayed Sunday. A water-cooled Vickers machine gun with the name “Jane” printed on top was mounted on a tripod closer to the middle […]
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Kristallnacht’s 80th anniversary observed in Augusta
AUGUSTA — When the hammer struck the pane of glass, the crowd gathered Friday at the Michael Klahr Center at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center recoiled in their seats. The glass breaking was part of a remembrance organized for the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night in 1938 when the widespread and unchecked persecution […]