Homeowners and others would need permission from a new review board for major changes to their buildings.

Children in the city-run summer child care program will weed and tend to the gardens, which organizer Dan Emery hopes will introduce local youths to the world of gardening.

Staffers at the state Public Utilities Commission have recommended that only Augusta-area ratepayers shoulder the burden of Augusta-area gas expansion costs.

The locked former main entrance to the apartment building, now dubbed Cony Flatiron Senior Residence, features a stately, hushed lobby with leather seats.

Dana Colwill, who has been the Augusta Civic Center’s director for the last 11 years and administrator there for 19 years, says the facility is in good financial shape and has become an “economic catalyst.”

City Manager William Bridgeo told city councilors Thursday the building at 44 State St. is a health hazard, so he has instructed the city staff to proceed with the demolition of it promptly.

The city will continue to be paid $550,000 per year to run the state-owned airport.

Three people were displaced after city officials found defects in the home at 44 State St., which entered the tax foreclosure process earlier this year.