Some meal efforts in the Augusta area underway while others on hold during 2nd pandemic Thanksgiving

Green Street Methodist Church will not have its annual event this year, but Maine School Administrative District 11 will continue its Thanksgiving basket drive tradition.

Augusta man allegedly assaults woman who gave him ride, tries to crash her vehicle

Christopher M. Good, 55, faces charges of assault and unlawful sexual touching following the Thursday incident, police said.

Kennebec Behavioral Health to host fundraiser Dec. 4

A basket raffle, which includes a money bouquet raffle, begins Nov. 26.

Augusta councilors vote to purchase Willow Street lot for new police station

Augusta will pay just under $2.4 million for the site, with a $900,000 payment from Hannaford helping fund the purchase.

More than 8,000 Mainers have gotten health insurance through the state’s new marketplace

During the first 2 weeks of enrollment, a total of 8,278 Mainers signed up for health insurance coverage through Maine's new marketplace.

Vassalboro man admits he stalked ex-girlfriend, stole her father’s ashes and her daughter’s geckos

Edward B. Robinson, 40, is expected to serve four years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to assault and terrorizing charges.

Officers involved in deadly Augusta shelter shooting return to duty after internal investigation

An internal Augusta Police Department investigation into the shooting death of Dustin Paradis determined no corrective or disciplinary action was warranted.

Virtual French immersion weekend set for January

New Augusta animal shelter, with better space for animals and people, planned on about 75 acres

Kennebec Valley Humane Society gets a big donation from car-dealing family to start fundraising campaign to build a new facility off Leighton Road.

Lawmaker asks Kennebec County commissioners for more transparency in deliberations over $23.7 million stimulus

State Rep. Charlotte Warren said Tuesday she's concerned the process Kennebec County commissioners are using to decide how to distribute federal stimulus funds is not clear to all who wish to submit grant requests.