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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PublishedJune 28, 2015
Civil War re-enactment brings history to life in Augusta field
The event is also meant to bring people to enjoy the 224-acre Viles Arboretum.
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PublishedJune 24, 2015
Augusta mall ousts two local shops
Maine Made and More and Beverly’s Craft and Gift believe the Turnpike Mall wants their spaces going to national chains.
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PublishedJune 21, 2015
Augusta police team up with mental health workers
Crisis and Counseling, a local behavioral health agency, provides trained mental health professionals to ride along with police on the late night shift.
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PublishedJune 17, 2015
CMP, Augusta reach settlement in gas company dispute
Central Maine Power agrees to put $95,000 toward rate reduction and to no longer have CMP staffers go on sales calls for Maine Natural Gas.
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PublishedJune 11, 2015
Maine education officials to continue probe of Augusta school’s test procedure
The Department of Education has invalidated the math results of 106 Farrington Elementary School students.
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PublishedJune 3, 2015
State: Teachers gave students in Augusta ‘unfair advantage’ on standardized test
Principal Lori Smail, who has resigned, said the testing error was unintentional, but Department of Education letter says teachers purposefully hung posters in classrooms that forced the state to invalidate the results.
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PublishedJune 2, 2015
Raffle will raise funds for Augusta park
Two weeklong stays at the city-owned camp on Three Cornered Pond will be raffled off on June 8.
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PublishedMay 30, 2015
A great, green classroom
China’s Forestry Day puts hundreds of students into the woods to learn about the natural world.
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PublishedMay 25, 2015
Augusta Colonial Theater will host first show since its last film in 1969
An art installation, which gives voice to aging women who face change, opens soon at the old gem on the river.
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PublishedMay 20, 2015
Aviation business may get tax incentive to build hangar at Augusta airport
Maine Instrument Flight says the company, which partners with UMaine at Augusta in offering an aviation degree, needs more space.
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