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March 13, 2013

Traffic violators not likely to get a break on fines

A bill that would give a break to those who pay their traffic fines without going to court gained little support in committee Wednesday.
Published
March 13, 2013

Violent patients likely to stay in Augusta neighborhoods

Lawmakers on Wednesday killed a proposal to move mental health patients who have committed violent crimes back to the former Augusta Mental Health Institute campus.
Published
March 12, 2013

Smelt shacks float away from Randolph camp

Four unoccupied ice shacks broke away from Worthing’s Smelt Camp on Tuesday, requiring a response from the Maine Marine Patrol and the Gardiner Fire Department..
Published
March 8, 2013

Officials seek law change to segregate sex offenders

They want lawmakers to help keep sex offenders away from ballfields on Augusta’s east side.
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March 8, 2013

Augusta councilors seek Legislature’s help in closing sex offender residency loophole

Augusta city councilors David Rollins, Patrick Paradis and Cecil Munson testified before the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, to prohibit sex offenders from living near the Capitol Area Recreation Association ballfields on the city’s east side, on Friday.
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March 7, 2013

Katz listens to Vassalboro officials’ thoughts on the state budget

Two Vassalboro town officials urged Sen. Roger Katz to push the Legislature to raise the lodging tax as one alternative to cutting municipal revenue sharing during a meeting Thursday.
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March 7, 2013

Palermo voters go to polls Friday, Town Meeting Saturday

Palermo voters Friday will elect a member of the Board of Selectmen and decide on spending $15,000 to pay for a withdrawal from Regional School Unit 12.
Published
March 7, 2013

MEMA: Spring flood potential normal

Today, the Maine River Flow Advisory Commission met in Augusta to discuss stream flows and snowpack and judged the potential for spring flooding to be normal.
Published
March 6, 2013

Timely payment of tickets would earn discount in new bill

Rep. Tim Marks is pushing a bill that would give penitent speeders a 10 percent discount for paying their ticket right away.
Published
March 6, 2013

Effort to move patients back to AMHI stalled in committee

An effort by Rep. Corey Wilson, R-Augusta, to move mental health patients who have committed violent criminal acts out of neighborhoods and back onto the former Augusta Mental Health Institute campus stalled Wednesday.