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Applying for a Homestead Exemption on your Maine property, explained

Applications for the program that reduces taxes on primary residences are due April 1.

The neighboring towns already share a police chief and officers back each other up on calls.

The non-load-bearing concrete wall was not built to modern standards, Augusta Director of Code Enforcement Robert Overton said.

River water and groundwater levels are low, but the thick ice remaining in the state’s rivers presents a flood risk.

Robert Fuller Jr., 87, was shot and killed Feb. 14 at a nursing home in Potomac, Maryland.

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Fuller, who lived in Winthrop, and his wife donated funds for a range of civic projects in Augusta.

Fuller, 87, had lived in Winthrop when he and his wife contributed to a range of civic projects in Augusta.

Eric O. Stinson, 44, of Pittston, was on U.S. Route 202 on Wednesday when he was struck and killed.

The victim of the Monday night shooting on Flagg Street was identified as Billyjack Curtis, 51, of Augusta.

About a half-dozen smelt camps report fishing and business has been good so far this season after multiple rough years.