AUGUSTA — Workers began installing the basketball floor Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center for the upcoming Maine high school basketball tournament, which begins Friday and continues through next week. A crew from the city’s Bureau of Parks & Recreation joined Augusta Civic Center employees Tuesday in putting in the floor, pulling out bleachers and […]
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Vassalboro pot-growing building destroyed in fire, crews say
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J.P. Devine: Because my daughter says so
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