The 15-person panel still has two legislative seats to fill.
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Package that prompted closure of Augusta post office, federal building was empty
The box, which prompted a three-hour shut down and shelter-in-place order for a nearby school, was ultimately determined to be empty by the Maine State Police bomb squad.
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Amid snowy winter, helpers emerge to shovel out city’s elderly, disabled
Volunteers, including inmates and police, help shovel the walkways of elderly or disabled residents, who can also get a sand bucket delivered by the city.
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Augusta family could retain limited access to Boothby Street home
A proposed agreement, which still needs City Council approval, would allow the Poulin family to cross the city’s public works site on a limited basis.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
New York man gets 13 years in prison over gunfire at Augusta Walmart
Reginald McBride was sentenced Tuesday at U.S. District Court in Bangor on firearm and drug charges in connection with the June 2016 incident.
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New York man sentenced in federal court for central Maine drug conspiracy
Derrius Smalls, 20, fled a police stop in Scarborough and hid drugs in the woods, prosecutors said.
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Norridgewock man accused of strangling woman over beer
Derek D. Taylor, 35, previously spent 20 months in prison for contacting the same woman from jail, in violation of a prior bail order.
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LePage requests stay of judge’s order to implement Medicaid expansion
The governor, who has consistently fought any growth in the Medicaid program, files the motion just five weeks before Gov.-elect Janet Mills is expected to implement expansion upon taking office.
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Pedestrian killed in Augusta had just left center where he volunteered
Dana M. Williams, 60, of Augusta died at the scene on Memorial Drive after leaving the LINC Wellness & Recovery Center.