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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.

Kennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime

Former treasurer pleads guilty to stealing from Hallowell’s Gaslight Theater

by Keith Edwards January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

Travis J. Burnham, as part of a plea agreement, required to pay $5,000 in restitution to Maine’s oldest continuously running community theater.

Kennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime

Waterville man pleads not guilty to murder charge in girlfriend’s shooting

by Keith Edwards January 13, 2020May 4, 2022

Nicholas P. Lovejoy, 28, is charged with murder in the October 2019 death of Melissa Sousa, his girlfriend at the time and mother of their twin daughters.

Kennebec Journal, Maine

City of Augusta, Greater Augusta Utility District look to go solar

by Keith Edwards January 12, 2020January 12, 2020

Proposal for a solar farm on Greater Augusta Utility District land in Winthrop could make Augusta Maine’s first municipality to get its electricity from 100% renewable sources.

Kennebec Journal, Maine

New access to Augusta riverside site could cost millions

by Keith Edwards January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

So far no private developers have made proposals for the site, which city officials hope will be redeveloped.

Kennebec Journal, Maine

Pedestrian safety, preparing for school, police station replacement, cited as top Augusta goals

by Keith Edwards January 9, 2020January 11, 2020

Augusta councilors say action needs to be taken to make walking in the city safer for pedestrians.

Kennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime

New York man pleads guilty to trafficking drugs in Gardiner

by Keith Edwards January 8, 2020January 8, 2020

Michael Nelson, 33, is the second New York man to go to court for trafficking in cocaine and heroin, after 2018 search of a Gardiner apartment where the two were staying.