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Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Greater Augusta Utility District completes $2M PFAS filtration project (centralmaine.com) — Augusta residents on the east side of the Kennebec now have PFAS-free drinking water again after the Greater Augusta Utility District completed a $2 million filtration project and turned the well back on this summer. Funded largely by state grants, the system removes "forever chemicals" without significantly raising rates and adds resilience with multiple wells on both sides of the river.
2. Maine Attorney General's Office mistakenly shares confidential document with media (newscentermaine.com) — In Augusta, the Maine Attorney General's Office accidentally emailed a confidential 45-page report on ongoing criminal cases to media outlets and state employees before urgently asking recipients to delete it. Augusta-area readers should know the office warns that sharing the document could jeopardize investigations and individual safety, underscoring how sensitive statewide case information is handled.
3. Maine Municipal Association holds its 90th convention (foxbangor.com) — Augusta hosted local government workers from nearly 500 Maine municipalities for the Maine Municipal Association's 90th convention, bringing town officials, vendors, and trainers into the city for a day of collaboration. Attendees explored best practices, ADA-compliant technology, and new partnerships aimed at improving services back home, while local businesses and organizations networked with municipal leaders face to face.
4. Nearly half of Maine is now in at least severe drought (centralmaine.com) — Nearly half of Maine, including the greater Augusta region, is now in at least severe drought despite recent rain, with some coastal areas still in extreme drought. For Augusta-area residents, that means lower water levels, stressed crops, and elevated wildfire risk could persist unless the state gets 9 to 11 inches of rain within a month.
5. 5 months late, Paul LePage's financial disclosure is in. Here's what it says. (centralmaine.com) — Former Gov. Paul LePage's long-overdue congressional financial disclosure, now filed months late, confirms he leases an Augusta apartment above a barber shop near Memorial Circle from political ally Shawn Moody. The report details Social Security, pension income, and modest assets, while noting no individual stock holdings and his stated support for banning congressional stock trading.
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