Augusta NewsLocal news for Augusta, ME continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Officers cleared in shooting- July 18, 2008 The deadline for contractors, developers and real estate companies to submit proposals for reusing the shuttered Portsmouth Naval Shipyard prison was Thursday, but the Navy declined to say how many proposals ...http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/officers-cleared-in-shooting?fromrss=1 Fed Up with Taxes Files More Than 90,000 Signatures for People's Veto...- July 17, 2008 Campaign Urging "YES" Vote on November 4th Underway AUGUSTA, Maine -The Fed Up with Taxes Coalition today filed more than enough signatures with the Secretary of State to force a statewide vote this fall on $75 ...http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/fed-up-with-taxes-files-more-than-90-000-sign... Governor honors Maine veterans- July 16, 2008 AUGUSTA : Gov. John Baldacci honored Merrill Worcester of Worcester Wreath in Harrington and nearly two dozen World War II veterans - including a Thomaston resident - at a Statehouse ceremony on Friday.http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/governor-honors-maine-veterans?fromrss=1 Dam Nice Work- July 14, 2008 Odd bedfellows: Craig Crosby, a staff writer for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, deserves positive notice for his July 8 story on the questionable relationship between ...http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/dam-nice-work?fromrss=1 Unsettling figures show murders have increased sharply- July 12, 2008 Thus far in 2008, Maine has seen 20 homicide cases. Among the victims are the Bolduc family, Christopher Bolduc, Blake Mishou, Katie Cabana, Jessica Nichols and Aaron Settipani.http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/unsettling-figures-show-murders-have-increase... W. Tom Sawyer: Beverage tax shows career politicians are out of touch- July 11, 2008 Senate Democratic leader Libby Mitchell's June 27 column, "Benefit of beverage tax Health coverage," defending a $70 million tax increase to fund Dirigo Health demonstrates how out-of-touch career politicians ...http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/w-tom-sawyer-beverage-tax-shows-career-politi... Brewer tells Kiwanis members what's on tap- July 9, 2008 ROCKLAND : The Kiwanis Club of Rockland on June 30 heard about the new state tax on beer, wine and soft drinks from representatives of the Shipyard Brewing Company of Portland.http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/brewer-tells-kiwanis-members-whats-on-tap?fro... Alan Caron: Legislature initiated farsighted measures- July 7, 2008 In what is becoming a familiar annual ritual, the struggle to fill the state's $200 million shortfall dominated news headlines from Augusta this winter.http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/alan-caron-legislature-initiated-farsighted-m... Lord - Nields- July 5, 2008 GORHAM : Marla and Jeff McLain of Gorham announced the engagement of their daughter, Alison J. Lord, to Hunter L. Nields, son of Morgan and Belinda Nields of Englewood, Colo.http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/lord-nields?fromrss=1 Two Killed In Blue Hill Car Crash- July 3, 2008 Police are looking into what caused a car accident in Blue Hill Tuesday night that killed two people.http://www.topix.net/city/augusta-me/2008/07/two-killed-in-blue-hill-car-crash?fromrss=1 |