Barbara Geaghan, former deputy town clerk and tax collector in Hampden, is Augusta’s new city clerk.
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.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta may loosen zoning rules due to lack of expected development
Some are concerned Riggs Brook Village zoning district rules have stymied development along Route 3 corridor.
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House full of garbage, human waste demolished in Augusta
Authorities discovered squalid living conditions when they went to the home to check on the homeowner’s condition.
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Richmond man’s death being investigated as homicide
Andrew Sherman, 48, was found dead Oct. 11 at his Richmond house. Authorities are asking the public for help from anyone who saw, talked to or heard from Sherman after Sept. 25.
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Augusta candidates to debate Wednesday
Candidates are competing in two contested Augusta City Council races this year.
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Actor brings story of the father of Anne Frank, Holocaust diarist, to Augusta
Roger Guenveur Smith, who has appeared in many Spike Lee films, returned to the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine to perform a one-man show, Otto Frank.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta Multicultural Center seeks to welcome all
The State Street center is home to a digital language lab immigrants can use to learn to speak English, and organizers say it will also host community and cultural events.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine Crime
Kennebec Journal Oct. 20 police log
Augusta area police log for Oct. 20, 2019.
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Augusta councilors vote to bring back waste supervisor
The former director of Hatch Hill, who was promoted to public works director in 2011, has continued to oversee the landfill but said the work has gotten to be too much.
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Augusta considers filling vacant landfill overseer position
Hatch Hill oversight position has been vacant since the former job-holder was promoted to public works director in 2011.