While wildlife officials moved quickly Tuesday to confiscate five baby alligators at an Augusta bus depot, smaller invasive species such as green crabs and pike are a more serious threat to Maine’s natural world.
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Augusta councilors to consider ordinance changes for religious uses
Previous city efforts to alter zoning rules have been controversial.
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Augusta man arrested Monday on aggravated assault charge
Police also charged Quincy Tremaine Abrams, 36, with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
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Court upholds arrest, extradition of New Yorker facing 10 drug trafficking charges in central Maine
Eric “Korey” Colbert, 31, was arrested in New York and returned to Maine earlier this month.
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Baby alligators found in Augusta taxi lead to charge against student
Yifan Sun, 20, told police that he kept the alligators in an Augusta home and was taking them with him on a visit to someone in Waterville.
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Proposed $29.2 million Augusta school budget up for board vote Wednesday
Some positions cut in the superintendent’s initial budget proposal have been restored in latest budget.
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Augusta judge denies request from man who killed father in 2004
Michael D. MacDonald, 39, was found not criminally responsible for the shooting, stabbing and bludgeoning death of his father in April 2004 at his home in Aroostook County.
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Waterville robbery suspect also accused of robbing woman in Augusta supermarket parking lot in April
Tylor A. Reece, 22, of Skowhegan, was arrested early Friday on an outstanding warrant charging him with failure to appear in court for a hearing in the Augusta case.
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Kennebec Journal March 20 police log
Augusta area police reports for March 20, 2017.
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Former Augusta Sears employees to hold ‘wake’ for their old workplace
A walk though the Turnpike Mall store is set for noon Thursday to be followed by a lunch because the retail store is closing by the end of the month after 50 years at that location.