The atrium at the Maine State Cultural Building in Augusta was packed with dozens of families who gawked at elaborate model train setups.
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Blaine House solar project a powerful symbol – and debatable economic investment
Complications lowered by half how much energy would be offset and tripled the payback period.
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Restoration underway at Augusta’s Colonial Theater, including refreshing historic colors
The $130,000 project is meant to return the front of the theater to its 1926 appearance and address structural concerns.
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Gov. Mills orders state agencies to step up Maine’s fight against climate change
The governor announces her executive order at the Blaine House, where solar panels designed to meet 25 percent of the electricity demand at the governor’s residence have been installed.
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Little still known about why officer shot man in Augusta
Augusta Police Chief Jared Mills said no new information was available on Monday about the Sunday morning incident.
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Augusta police officer on leave after shooting
Officer Sabastian Guptill is on leave after an armed altercation Sunday morning during which he shot an Augusta man wanted by police in Fairfield.
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Augusta forum spotlights concerns with imprisoning youth, discusses juvenile justice reform
A 32-member task force is soliciting feedback in its effort to recommend changes, which could include shutting down state’s only youth prison, to how Maine treats youthful offenders.
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Police investigating Augusta CVS robbery
The suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of prescription medication Wednesday afternoon before fleeing the scene before police could arrive.
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Maine Voices: Domestic abuse destroys lives even when it doesn’t end them
All intimate-partner violence takes a toll. Stopping it requires seeing it for what it is.
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Walmart settles disabled Maine worker’s discrimination lawsuit
The retail giant will pay a former Augusta cashier $80,000 in back wages and change its disability reassignment policy nationwide.