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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Small fire damages Augusta garage
Augusta fire crews were able to extinguish a “small, unauthorized recreational fire” Saturday morning.
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Central Maine technical schools try to make best of bad situation
Classes at Capital Area Technical Center in Augusta and Mid-Maine Technical Center in Waterville move on via social media, but lack of hands-on learning takes its toll.
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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.
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On the hunt for federal tax forms in central Maine
Maureen Donovan likes to have paper tax forms to complete her federal and state taxes, but printed federal forms are not readily available now due to pandemic-related shutdowns of IRS facilities.
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ArtsEngageME to provide emergency relief to Maine artists
AUGUSTA — The first round of grants totaling $24,000 in support of 48 Maine artists who have been hit hard by the economic impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus will be distributed through the newly created Maine Artist Relief Fund at ArtsEngageME, according to a news release from the Board of Directors of the support organization […]
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Alfond foundations unite to cover child care costs for MaineGeneral employees
Harold Alfond Foundation and Bill & Joan Alfond Foundation honor health care workforce.
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Augusta landfill no longer taking recyclables due to COVID-19
New rules at Hatch Hill landfill in Augusta, which takes trash from several area towns, have some users upset.
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Former Augusta firefighter Charlie Hopper dies of COVID-19 at 78
Hopper died April 17 at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, with his wife, Ann, by his side.
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Bangor man arrested after barricading himself in stranger’s Augusta apartment
Augusta Sgt. Jesse Brann said the man was attempting to get away from police when he locked himself inside someone’s apartment Wednesday.