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.

Yesterday at 11:09 PM

NHL: Rangers beat Bruins in OT to stay alive

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

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Yesterday at 7:47 PM

STILL LIFE: Honoring the fallen

Cadets from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy ran from the Vassalboro facility to St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Waterville on Thursday during the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers run. Once there, the 42 cadets paid tribute to Trooper Jeffrey Parola who died in 1994 while responding to a call involving firearms in Sidney.

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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.

6:12 PM

Morning Sentinel area police log, May 24, 2013

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

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.

6:21 PM

Police charge Waterville man with recording, distributing 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.

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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.

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.

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.

5:42 PM

Augusta area Memorial Day weekend community events

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

Sports from the Morning Sentinel

NHL: Rangers beat Bruins in OT to stay alive

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Bos ...

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News from the Kennebec Journal

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.

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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