Restaurant proposal for last Edwards mill building in Augusta would involve $1 sale from city to developers

Proposal would bring a restaurant, and maybe not the initially proposed wine bar and tapas eatery, to the Northern Avenue site.

Augusta tech center names March students of month

Free ME from Lung Cancer to hold hybrid 5K, walk

Vendors, musicians, support Ukrainian refugees at Augusta event

Some Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn county have been arriving in Maine, and others are on their way.

Augusta officials praise new police station design, but concerns linger over timing and cost

As the cost of oil and some building supplies and other goods escalate, the city plans to build a new Augusta Police Station off Willow Street within the $20.5 million approved by voters.

Augusta’s Fort Western to celebrate colonial Hallowell woman’s life

Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools to end in May, some districts have already canceled programs

The COVID-19 variant, BA.2, is more contagious than previous strains, and it can spread faster in a classroom than the pooled test would be able to detect in a classroom.

Kennebec County starts annual budget review

Spending across county departments is proposed to increase by about 4% to $17.4 million, but it's too soon to say what the impact on taxpayers across Kennebec County will be.

Suspended Kennebec County official pleads no contest to sexual assault of female inmate

Initially charged with three counts of gross sexual assault, James Saucier, 60, of Belgrade pleads no contest to lesser charges related to incidents involving a female inmate he supervised.

Photos: Augusta church holds dress rehearsal for Easter weekend showing of ‘Messiah’

The First United Pentecostal Church of Augusta is preparing its first rendition of "Messiah, an Easter Drama," since the pandemic began. The musical can be seen Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the church at 15 Wilson St. in Augusta. All photos by Joe Phelan.