As the committee appointed to identify a new home for Augusta’s controversial Melville Fuller statue wraps up its work, members say they hope it can be part of a future educational effort.
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Woman who died in Fairfield fire remembered for radiant personality, infectious smile
Rebecca Merrifield, 56, died Saturday in the Bear Mountain Road fire in Fairfield.
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Kennebec County commissioners vote to return controversial statue to donor
Robert Fuller Jr., who gave the statue of Melville Fuller to the county and offered to take it back, will have up to a year to make arrangements to move the monument of the controversial jurist.
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Politicians, business leaders speak in support of revitalizing passenger rail service in central Maine
The Maine Rail Group sponsored the presentation about LD 227 “To Conduct a Feasibility Study for Extending Passenger Rail Service from Brunswick through Augusta and Waterville to Bangor.”
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Family, city workers hope to raise awareness of disease that took Augusta woman’s life
Kathy Sproul, who died April 9 at age 69, insisted her brain be donated to research to help find a cure or treatment for progressive supranuclear palsy.
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Augusta to seek federal grant to help fight substance use disorder, overdoses
City looks to create program similar to Waterville’s Operation HOPE.
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Waterville ‘housing crisis’ is target of new group looking at making recommendations
The City Council is forming Waterville Housing Committee to address available housing stock while reviewing existing housing policies and guidelines.
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Cobbossee Stream, downtown Gardiner, targeted in cleanup efforts
Organizers say cleanup efforts pay dividends far beyond the areas directly cleaned up.
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As annual town meeting attendance dwindles, is secret ballot the way to go?
Towns that utilized a secret ballot for recent town meetings saw a larger turnout than those that stuck with tradition.
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Central Maine farmers were prepared for the weather, even if it didn’t happen
A nor’easter was expected but didn’t turn into much. Local farmers were prepared nonetheless.