E-waste Collection fundraiser set for Sept. 26 at Augusta Civic Center

Proceeds benefit Bridging the Gap's warming center.

Proposal to consolidate polls for November election fails in Augusta

Following extensive debate between residents and the Augusta City Council, a motion to consolidate polls for the November presidential election, due to concerns about COVID-19 and a lack of poll workers, failed for lack of a second.

United Way of Kennebec Valley hosts 50th annual Golf Scramble

A total of $17,298 was raised to support United Way's annual fundraising campaign.

Augusta child care program adds full-time school-year care amid pandemic

The program aims to help working parents who need a safe place for their kids to go when they'd normally be in school, as Augusta's reopening plan splits students into groups attending some days of the week.

Convicted killer at Riverview Psychiatric Center pleads guilty to escape

Mark Ian Gessner, who was acquitted at trial on charges that he threatened his father while out of Riverview on a two-hour pass in 2018, pleaded guilty to escape in connection to that incident.

Augusta Board of Education rejects proposal to delay school opening to Sept. 14

City students are scheduled to return to class Sept. 8, with most students divided into two cohorts that will attend school two days a week and learn remotely three days a week.

Maine Arts Commission publishes results of Audience Outlook survey

Augusta area sewage testing suggests low prevalence of coronavirus

So far only one sample of wastewater, out of eight, taken weekly from the Greater Augusta Utility District's treatment plant has tested positive for detectable amounts of coronavirus.

Central Maine town clerks prepare for influx of absentee ballots for November elections

Waterville City Clerk Patti Dubois said 75% of voter turnout was absentee in July, and the city has already had hundreds of absentee ballot requests.

Augusta to consider consolidating polls for November presidential election

City councilors are expected to vote Thursday on a proposal to hold all voting in November at the Augusta Civic Center, rather than in each of the city's four wards.