The units are for low-to-moderate-income working people in a city facing a severe housing shortage.
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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Augusta businesses wary of tougher rules
Some say that proposed amendments to the city’s pawnbroker ordinance would be burdensome.
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Augusta city offices reopen after bedbug treatment
Police are unsure whether the man who released them there in anger on Friday will face charges.
Posted inMaine, News
Augusta Food Bank fundraising nets $515,000
About $675,000 is needed for the construction of a home for the food bank on Mount Vernon Avenue.
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Augusta city offices close after man unleashes 100 live bedbugs
A man apparently upset that he didn’t qualify for General Assistance slams down a cup full of the bugs, prompting the building’s closure.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Augusta art students prepare to paint the town
Urged to add ‘vibrancy’ to the downtown, city groups decide to put four murals on prominent walls.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine schools’ civil rights teams gather in Augusta
More than 550 students take part in the conference.
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Augusta residents say taller sidewalk has turned yards into swamps
Homeowners in the Mayfair area say the city should replace the sidewalks installed in 2015.
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Warning system in the works to prevent trucks from hitting ‘can opener’ train trestle in Augusta
The proposed $45,000 system would use sensors that would be installed on Water Street on both approaches to the train overpass in the city’s downtown.
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Historic Kennebec Arsenal property avoids pending foreclosure
The buildings were built by the federal government between 1828 and 1838 and are considered by some preservationists to be among the best and earliest surviving examples of 19th century munitions depots in the country.