Keith Edwards covers the city of Augusta and towns of Manchester and Windsor, 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 โoffโ time restoring and maintaining his 170, or so, year-old home in Richmond.
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PublishedMay 24, 2020
Gardiner house, home to many foster children over the years, destroyed by fire
No injuries were reported in fire that authorities say destroyed the Fairview Street home of a woman known for fostering 100s of children.
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PublishedMay 24, 2020
Bowdoin College graduate runs home โ more than 50 kilometers โ to Hallowell
Anne McKee, with no in-person graduation ceremony to attend, instead marked her college graduation by running more than 50 kilometers from Bowdoin College in Brunswick to her family’s Hallowell home.
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
Women veterans say they were told with little notice to leave Augusta facility
All four residents of Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope say they were told last Thursday they had to be out by Tuesday, and none of them have yet found other places to live.
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PublishedMay 12, 2020
Following one positive test, all other Augusta firefighters test negative for COVID-19
While one firefighter-paramedic tested positive last week and was hospitalized for COVID-19, the other 50 members of the Augusta Fire Department have tested negative.
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PublishedMay 7, 2020
Augusta firefighter tests positive for COVID-19, prompting quarantine of others
The Augusta city emergency services worker is now resting at home, while five others have been placed on a 14-day quarantine, according to the fire chief.
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PublishedMay 2, 2020
Sheriff: Criminal charges won’t be filed against Rick Savage
Rick Savage, owner of Sunday River Brewing Co. in Bethel, opened up Friday despite Gov. Janet Mills’ executive order, but has since said the restaurant would be closed through the weekend. Savage was also a speaker at a rally in Augusta on Saturday demanding the state’s economy be reopened.
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PublishedMay 2, 2020
Protesters again demand Maine reopen
Demonstrators in Augusta, most not wearing masks and standing close together, decry governor’s pandemic orders.
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
Augusta laying off about 30 city employees
Revenue shortfalls and increased costs related to the coronavirus pandemic force city layoffs and furlough days.
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PublishedApril 23, 2020
Augusta landfill no longer taking recyclables due to COVID-19
New rules at Hatch Hill landfill in Augusta, which takes trash from several area towns, have some users upset.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
Hundreds line Capitol complex in Augusta to protest coronavirus restrictions
The protest, organized anonymously by groups calling themselves Mainers Against Excessive Quarantine and ReOpen Maine, drew an estimated 300 people and came amid similar gatherings across the country.
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