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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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Lawsuit claiming assault, mistreatment of inmate at Kennebec jail settled
Settlement resolves the lawsuit filed on behalf of Brandee A. Lewis, a former inmate who said she was sexually assaulted by a nurse who forced her to take medication against her will while corrections officers helped.
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Mysterious Augusta poet’s words rediscovered in basement in France
Author and translator Françoise Canter in Augusta to give Maine, and Augusta, its poet, Robert Nash, back.
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Sexual harassment alleged by employee at Office of State Fire Marshal
Lawsuit claims the sergeant involved previously threatened to kill two other co-workers.
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New York man involved in 2016 ‘shoot-out’ outside Augusta Walmart sentenced on federal drug conspiracy charge
Frankie Dejesus, 29, who pleaded guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge for distributing drugs in central Maine, was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
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Augusta bicyclist pleads guilty to criminal threatening
Joshua A. Veilleux, accused of demanding money and threatening to stab a man outside Walgreens in Augusta, was sentenced Tuesday to 48 days in jail.
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3 sentenced for dealing drugs in Augusta, Waterville
In separate cases, two New York men and a Hallowell man were deemed guilty of dealing illegal drugs.
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Hermon man, convicted of criminal restraint and domestic violence assault, sentenced to 51 days in jail
Nicholas G. Page wouldn’t let a woman out of his moving car following an argument, then pushed her to the ground after he crashed the car in Albion.
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Proposed Augusta budget would require a 0.6 percent tax hike, add two firefighter/paramedics
The proposed $65.3 million city and school budget would increase the taxes on the average single-family home in Augusta by $14.
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Police watching Augusta ‘drug house’ make drug-trafficking arrests
Three men leaving 4 Campbell St. in Augusta were arrested Thursday and charged with trafficking in drugs.