Kennebec County News

Jeremy Yehle casts his vote at the Hampden Municipal Building on Tuesday. According to town clerk Denise Hodsdon, by about 4:30 p.m., more than 2500 residents had cast their votes, either in person or by absentee ballot, of Hampden's 5800 registered voters.

A Maine anti-tax group has gone to court against the state because election officials have failed to meet a deadline to rule on a referendum proposal.

The 1st Floor is slated to open Nov. 6 on Front Street in downtown Augusta. Augusta a ' "There is simply nothing to do, so we're putting this together, to take care of the kids after dark and keep them out of trouble," said Mark Coulombe.

AUBURN a ' His name is John Stevens, he's 43 and homeless since a fire destroyed his Augusta apartment last March.

A former Augusta Fire Department captain is to appear in court Nov. 24 to face a theft charge in connection with missing firefighter's union funds.

Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, said Thursday, Oct.

MONMOUTH a ' A Connecticut man was killed and an Auburn man was injured late Friday when the driver of the truck they were riding in lost control on a sharp curve on Route 135 and rolled over on the Jug Stream Bridge at the intersection of Sanborn Road.

Environmental groups opposing a major development plan near Moosehead Lake have filed a lawsuit challenging the state's conceptual approval of the project.

Environmental groups opposing a major development plan near Moosehead Lake have filed a lawsuit challenging the state's conceptual approval of the project.

Maine's Legislative Council has accepted two research bills that would prevent for-profit companies from buying land records from county offices and reselling them for a "significantly different" price, a lawmaker said.

Selectmen voted unanimously to oppose the Nov. 3 ballot proposal to reduce excise taxes.

After Monmouth voters rejected a police department budget for the fourth time Tuesday, Oct.

An Augusta man faces multiple charges after he went on a violent, drunken rampage Sunday night, according to Maine State Police Trooper Peter Michaud.

Nothing interferes with the milking of cows. Not a news conference, not the presence of a congressman, not even other farmers.

Monmouth residents have voted down a police budget. For the fourth time. And the repeated rejections are now starting to cost the town money.

Demonstrators on Wednesday backed Maine's insurance superintendent for rejecting a request from the state's largest private health insurer seeking an 18 percent rate hike for its individual insurance plans.

AUGUSTA, Maine a ' Demonstrators are expressing their support for Maine's insurance superintendent for rejecting a request from the state's largest private health insurer for an 18 percent rate hike for its individual insurance plans.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine has appealed a decision by the Maine superintendent of insurance to hold down average monthly premium increases for individual policyholders this year from the 18.5 percent requested by the company last spring to 10.9 percent.

To be strictly accurate, Les Otten, as I write this, has an exploratory committee, not a campaign committee.

A man from Fayette accused of driving drunk and causing a deadly crash in Mount Vernon pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning.