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Thank God we're a whole lot more safety conscious than we were back in the early 80s.

The Annual Gardiner & Augusta Rotary Clubs Golf Tournament, is scheduled for Thursday, September 13 at Natanis Golf Course, in Vassalboro.

Here are some of the people who are working hard to figure out ways to fight the major drug problems in Maine's capital. Of course, they need help from the community. That means YOU. They've set up a discussion for Monday, January 11th, beginning at 6pm at Cony High School...

Augusta's Memorial Circle and Cony Roundabout are two of the city's most dangerous intersections, mostly because of speed and misuse. Deputy Police Chief, Jared Mills, talked with us about upcoming patrols to slow traffic down and correct the illegal moves people on the circles make in order to save time or correct mistakes...

Bleeding hearts can take me apart for this if they want to but, for the third time, I was in a near collision today because of a "good Samaritan" who stopped abruptly approaching Memorial Circle in Augusta to give money to a panhandler sitting in the island. The circle was open so I expected the guy in the truck in front of me to proceed but he slammed the brakes on to hand out some cash

26-year-old Jessica Harvey of Brunswick had people slamming on their brakes near the Augusta Armory and doing double takes on the two in-town circles.

In her hands, Laura Benedict from the Red Barn Cares Foundation hold's 100 $5 bills which she is giving out in Augusta this morning. She wants to pay-it-forward and is doing it with no qualification for the recipient other than being in the right place at the right time.

As I got on to Memorial Circle yesterday I saw a man holding a sign. Not unusual at all. What WAS out of the ordinary, however, is this sign wasn't looking for a handout of money. Instead, it encouraged people to give to the Salvation Army and local food banks!