An at-large City Council seat has two candidates, while an anticipated race for school board chairperson didn’t materialize in Augusta.
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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Sidney man who had conviction in child rape overturned seeks to suppress evidence in new trial
Eric Bard had a conviction of multiple sex offenses on a young child overturned on appeal after the district attorney met with the judge without the defense present.
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Sheriff says Chelsea man shot himself
Dean G. Ouellette, 59, reported Monday morning someone had shot him. Deputies from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office said their investigation found Ouellette’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
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Man, 59, wounded when shot in Chelsea
The man, whom police did not identify, contacted the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office early Monday to say he had been shot near a residence on Wellman Road.
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Man arrested after assault alleged at Vassalboro campground
Police charged Brian Keith Fitton, 38, with aggravated criminal trespass, unlawful sexual touching and assault.
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Augusta man strangled pregnant woman twice before she fled apartment, police allege
Police allege the victim was also threatened and restrained by Patrick L. Sullivan, 24, and escaped from him after grabbing a knife and her child.
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Jefferson motorcyclist killed after striking construction barricade, police say
Michael Bowden, 62, was in the crash Tuesday on State Route 218 in Alna, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
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New York man with past central Maine drug conviction indicted on trafficking charge
A Kennebec County grand jury recently handed up indictments on several drug trafficking cases.
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Indictments handed up in Waterville robberies of Big G’s, Circle K employees
A Kennebec County grand jury handed up indictments last week on numerous drug cases, as well as theft and criminal threatening cases.
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Two killed Sunday in motorcycle, SUV collision in Gardiner
It appears that the motorcycle veered into the lane of oncoming traffic, police say.