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 “off” time restoring and maintaining his 170, or so, year-old home in Richmond.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2017
Augusta board tables affordable housing plan
Planners cite concern that Maple Street is inadequate to provide access to the site.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2017
Augusta to consider collecting more gas from city landfill
A plan to spend $350,000 to collect and maximize methane gas from the Hatch Hill landfill will go to city councilors.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2017
First woman elected president of Franco-American club in Augusta
Lisa Newell will lead Le Club Calumet, which began admitting women 12 years ago.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2017
LePage leads groundbreaking for Augusta state office building
The new DHHS building is the first major addition to the State House complex since the 1970s.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
Pearl Harbor attack eventually cost former Augusta woman her father
Hope Weston, who also lived in Winthrop, left the Philippines for the United States before the war; her father stayed behind to help the U.S., and was executed by the Japanese.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2017
Augusta TV viewers advised public access station moving up the dial
Some officials worry the new channel will be harder to find.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2017
Augusta council divided on marijuana moratorium
Some councilors say the city and the state already have had more than a year to come up with regulations but failed to do so.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2017
Warming center unable to find new space
The Augusta center, where hundreds of residents escape from the cold and socialize, opens for the winter in a location that is for sale.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2017
Augusta council will discuss new moratorium on recreational pot sales
A voter-approved law allowing marijuana sales statewide could go into effect as early as February.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2017
Augusta’s first motorized firetruck, former owner reunited
The 1917 engine will be will be the centerpiece of a small museum, which will be built at the Hartford Station.
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