5:32 PM

Augusta council braces for worst on city, school budgets

Uncertainty over the state budget and its local impact is a major reason several Augusta city councilors said Thursday they can’t support the proposed $52.6 million city and school budget and the 6.1 percent tax increase it would bring.

Augusta residents tell City Council budget proposal unaffordable

Yesterday at 9:46 PM

MVC TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Lisbon boys win again, barely Several photos included in this story

AUGUSTA -- The Hall-Dale boys track and field team vowed to make a run at Lisbon at the Mountain Valley Conference championships Thursday afternoon.

Yesterday at 1:36 PM

TRAVELIN' MAINE(RS): MONHEGAN is for the birds Several photos included in this story

It’s easy to see why Monhegan Island has attracted so many artists. The island is a series of stunning visual impressions. And when we visited, colorful birds were everywhere, too!

Yesterday at 7:46 PM

SNAPSHOT: Stopping for lunch

A Whitetail deer grazes on the banks of the Kennebec River Wednesday in Hallowell.

Top Stories

12:26 PM

Money isn't everything, right?

J.P. laments the purchases he had already planned based on winning Powerball ... which he did not win.

6:04 PM

RSUs set school budget hearings, votes

Local regional school unit boards, including RSU 2, RSU 4, RSU 11 RSU 12 and RSU 38, have approved draft budgets and will start holding regional budget meetings this week.

6:24 PM

Police charge Waterville man with recording alleged sex acts with teenagers

Timothy Joseph Gaudette, 19, of Waterville, recorded himself having sex with a 17-year-old girl and took similar photos with a 13-year-old girl in his apartment in late March, made an initial appearance Friday in Augusta District Court of charges of gross sexual assault.

6:16 PM

Farmingdale man convicted of beating fiancee's uncle

A jury on Friday convicted William E. Blodgett, 21, of Farmingdale, of aggravated assault on the second day of his trial in Kennebec County Superior Court.

2:53 PM

Cheese? Pepperoni? Ride home? Skowhegan taxi firm to sell pizza

Beginning in early June, a Skowhegan taxi company will start serving fresh hot slices of pizza from a walk-up window at the company office on Island Avenue, Friday and Saturday from 4:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m.

Other Maine News Headlines

6:13 PM

Waterville District Court, March 4 - 8, 2013

The following cases were closed from March 4, 2013, to March 8, 2013, in Waterville District Court.

5:42 PM

Augusta area Memorial Day weekend community events

Augusta area Memorial Day ceremonies, parades and a 5k trail race.

5:44 PM

Fairfield man charged after 2-year-old son wanders into road Friday

Wesley Grose, 28, of Fairfield, has been charged with class D endangering the welfare of a child after his two-year-old son wandered out of his home and into the road Friday morning.

6:06 PM

Kennebec Journal area police log, May 24, 2013

A tipped-over tractor-trailer delayed northbound traffic on the Maine Turnpike in Augusta just after 1 p.m. Friday.

4:50 PM

Toronto mayor says he doesn't smoke crack cocaine

Rob Ford says the media is out to get him as he addresses a video, whose authenticity has not been verified, that alleged to show him smoking crack cocaine.

4:25 PM

Maine murder suspect not competent to stand trial

William Hall of Bangor is due to be tried Aug. 26 on charges he threw a man out a window to his death in 2011, but the trial will be postponed unless he is found competent by Aug. 2.

Kennebec Journal Sports

MVC TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Lisbon boys win again, barely Several photos included in this story

AUGUSTA -- The Hall-Dale boys track and field team vowed to make a run at Lisbon at the Mountain Valley Conference championships Thursday afternoon.

What's Happening

TRAVELIN' MAINE(RS): MONHEGAN is for the birds Several photos included in this story

It’s easy to see why Monhegan Island has attracted so many artists. The island is a series of stunning visual impressions. And when we visited, colorful birds were everywhere, too!

News from the Morning Sentinel

Morning Sentinel area police log, May 24, 2013

IN ANSON, Thursday at 10:30 p.m., a theft was reported on Arnolds Lane.

News from the Press Herald

Maine views mixed as Boy Scouts end gay ban

Some called it a positive stand against discrimination, others say the Boy Scouts shouldn't address issues of sexuality.

Nation & World

UK-bound Pakistani plane diverted, two men arrested

Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain.

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