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When you think of Maine, you think of small towns and not much in the way of crime. Surprisingly, that isn't the case when it comes to Augusta. According the the website Neighborhood Scout dot com, Augusta is above the national average when it comes to both violent and property crime. Augusta's violent crime rate of 4.76 per 1,000 people is above the national average of 3.8 per 1,000. Augusta was

I grew up as a kid in the late 60's and more so into the 1970's. Looking back, we sure had some toys back then that would certainly be deemed as too dangerous in today's world. Let's look at a few of them, feel free to add to the list!

One of my favorite websites, roadsnacks.net, has come up with their list of 'The 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Maine'. They analyzed the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report which summarizes the number of property crimes and violent crimes in each city per year. Violent crimes are defined as rapes, murders, robberies and aggravated assaults. They only looked at cities that have populations of more than 5,000