City officials closed parking Sunday evening on Front Street when the river level rose abruptly.
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Convicted killer seeks release from state custody
Mark Ian Gessner served 22 years for a 1994 Bath murder but remains in state custody at Riverview Psychiatric Center because he was found not criminally responsible on other charges.
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Waterville man pleads not guilty to murder charge in girlfriend’s shooting
Nicholas P. Lovejoy, 28, is charged with murder in the October 2019 death of Melissa Sousa, his girlfriend at the time and mother of their twin daughters.
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City of Augusta, Greater Augusta Utility District look to go solar
Proposal for a solar farm on Greater Augusta Utility District land in Winthrop could make Augusta Maine’s first municipality to get its electricity from 100% renewable sources.
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Former finance director sentenced to 13 months for stealing from nonprofit
Jessica Childs of Litchfield, who pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud, delivers a tearful statement in court, apologizing to former co-workers and those the organization served.
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Jefferson man, 77, dies in three-vehicle crash in Augusta
The crash, reported shortly before 5 p.m., closed Eastern Avenue for about 45 minutes.
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Man dies by suicide on I-95 on-ramp in Augusta
Kennebec County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Read said the identity of the man is being withheld while his family is being notified.
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Two dead after early Saturday car accident in Augusta
Augusta police say David Smith, 52, and Lisa Pelletier, 46, both of Windsor, died after a single-car accident near North Belfast Avenue and Pipeline Road.
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Press Herald will publish digital-only on Mondays
To preserve newsroom jobs, the Portland Press Herald, Lewiston Sun Journal, Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal will discontinue Monday print editions starting March 2.
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State biologists to capture and collar 130 moose in research effort
It’s the centerpiece of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s six-year moose survival study.