Candidates are competing in two contested Augusta City Council races this year.
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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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.
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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.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
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.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
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.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Police continue to investigate Richmond man’s death
Andrew Sherman, 48, whose death is considered suspicious by police, was known locally as friendly and smart.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta Housing Authority’s proposal for Gage Street park hits snag
A revised, smaller proposal to build apartments for families in what is now a city-owned park could still happen despite restrictions on the use of some of property.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Windsor home to substation that stabilizes power for rest of New England
A $50 million system, the largest of its kind in North America, was installed at a $153 million Central Maine Power electrical substation in Windsor.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Howard Hill’s trails, views dedicated to connecting people with nature in Augusta
Officials gathered at a scenic overlook in the woods Thursday to dedicate Howard Hill Historical Park.