Despite numerous Memorial Day events being canceled, a number of volunteers worked to mark the graves of veterans around central Maine.
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Women veterans say they were told with little notice to leave Augusta facility
All four residents of Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope say they were told last Thursday they had to be out by Tuesday, and none of them have yet found other places to live.
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Man tried to set fire to fuel pump in Augusta, police say
Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man responsible for the incident early Sunday.
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Hundreds, including Paul LePage, rally in Augusta to protest shutdown
People holding signs accusing Gov. Janet Mills of ruining the economy and taking away their freedoms lined the road between the Blaine House and the State House.
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Following one positive test, all other Augusta firefighters test negative for COVID-19
While one firefighter-paramedic tested positive last week and was hospitalized for COVID-19, the other 50 members of the Augusta Fire Department have tested negative.
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Augusta firefighter tests positive for COVID-19, prompting quarantine of others
The Augusta city emergency services worker is now resting at home, while five others have been placed on a 14-day quarantine, according to the fire chief.
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Protesters again demand Maine reopen
Demonstrators in Augusta, most not wearing masks and standing close together, decry governor’s pandemic orders.
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Augusta laying off about 30 city employees
Revenue shortfalls and increased costs related to the coronavirus pandemic force city layoffs and furlough days.
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Maine CDC building closed after vendor tests positive for COVID-19
The Augusta headquarters of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention was closed this weekend so that the building could be sanitized and cleaned.
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Protestors rally again at Augusta’s State House to ease stay-at-home restrictions
Approximately 70 people lined the streets, while others watched from parked cars and some vehicles circled the area, to protest executive orders signed by Gov. Janet Mills to keep people home and nonessential businesses closed.