A bold, new look in downtown Augusta

Several downtown building owners are reaching into the past to create a more colorful, bold future.

Richmond Middle/High School sees third bomb threat

RICHMOND — A third incident in recent weeks of someone scrawling a message about a bomb at Richmond Middle/High School has police, school officials and students increasingly determined to halt the disruptions.

Augusta car dealers dial down noise

AUGUSTA — Local car dealers told city councilors if they enact a proposed ban on outdoor speakers it could cost them customers and jeopardize their sales staff’s ability to earn a living.

Good idea, bad ending for Scout leaders

AUGUSTA — A local Girl Scout community service project has led to the dismissal of two of the troop’s leaders by the Girl Scouts of Maine.

Historic YMCA building to be demolished in Augusta

Preservationists have fought for three years to preserve the building but the owner now says that it must be demolished.

Augusta officials support a tax break for planned pipeline

Kennebec Valley Gas has conditional PUC approval for the $70 million to $80 million project.

Maine DOT crews depart to help Vermont

Maine officials expect the cost of the relief effort will be reimbursed from federal emergency relief funds.

Windsor Fair: Big or small,horses demonstrate their pull

WINDSOR — The crowd eagerly awaiting the start of the Windsor Fair’s annual horse-pulling contest enjoyed a group chuckle Monday as the first “entrant” in the contest strode into the arena and headed for the competition sled, which waited at the opposite end of the arena, stacked high with 7,600 pounds of solid blocks.

Expecting to see one of the teams of massive, muscled Belgian draft horses get strapped to the sled and pull it through the dirt, spectators instead watched as Buddy and BJ, two miniature horses, pulled their handlers, Ben and Nicole LaPointe of Greene, around the ring on a red three-wheeled cart that looked suspiciously like a converted riding lawnmower.

School officials fear last-minute changes

AUGUSTA — Parents of students attending three city elementary schools that have not met federal progress standards can send their children to the one elementary school that does.

Augusta bomb shelter in way

A Cold War-era bomb shelter built by a local veteran to withstand nuclear attack won’t survive a much more benign offensive: Augusta’s upcoming sewer line replacement.