Some residents express fears that taking a stand in Middle East conflict could create divisions in the community.
Keith Edwards
Staff Writer
Keith Edwards covers the city of Augusta and courts in Kennebec County, writing feature stories and covering breaking news, local people and events, and local politics. He has worked at the Kennebec Journal since 1995, having previously worked at the Camden Herald. He was born and raised in Winthrop and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in political science. He is married and has a dog and cat. A lifelong Mainer, he enjoys skiing, hiking, canoeing, camping, and cooking out but spends most of his “off” time restoring and maintaining his 170, or so, year-old home in Richmond.
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Troy woman dies after Unity Township crash
A 72-year-old woman was extricated from her car with serious injuries and taken by ambulance to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where she died of injuries suffered in the crash.
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Augusta may allow adult use marijuana businesses, but ban potentially dangerous extraction process
Officials in Augusta want to consider prohibiting or regulating a cannabis extraction process that uses flammable materials.
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Team effort at Togus Pond in Augusta takes aim at toxic algae blooms
A project to improve water quality for years to come at the popular lake is going swimmingly, the Worromontogus Lake Association reports.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds 30-year sentence for truck driver who caused 2016 crash that killed two
Randall J. Weddle, 61, failed in his appeal after the state’s highest court affirmed his sentence as reasonable and not excessively harsh.
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Togus Pond to receive chemical treatment in battle against algae
The aluminum sulfate treatment aims to protect the pond for years to come, as organizers hope the effort becomes ‘a shining example of how to restore a lake in Maine.’
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Killer who says he channels spirits seeks discharge from state custody
State mental health officials oppose the petition of Enoch Petrucelly, 38, who fatally stabbed his brother in 2008 on North Haven Island in Knox County.
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Wales woman working as rural mail carrier dies from injuries suffered in Litchfield crash
Alicia Bubier, 48, died following the crash at the intersection of Huntington Hill Road and Quackenbush Lane, according to the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.
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Four arrested on arson charges after fires at three vacant homes in Dresden, Woolwich
While the three homes were unoccupied, one was being renovated, with a family of four planning to move in soon.
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Portrait of nation’s first female Supreme Court justice, saved from trash, to hang in Augusta courthouse
An oil painting of the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, found 10 years ago in a pile at the Yarmouth Transfer Station, has been turned over to the state’s court system.