Augusta plans to convert landfill gas into electricity in the proposed new system.
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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Snow, freezing rain set to make travel treacherous across central Maine
A tripple-whammy of wintry weather is arriving from Friday through Christmas, coating roads with snow and ice.
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Augusta councilors approve marijuana moratorium
Councilors vote 5-3 to ban recreational marijuana commercial activity for six months.
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Affordable-housing plan at old mill site draws Augusta neighbors’ concerns
Neighbors and Planning Board members said they’re troubled about traffic and safety issues in a proposal for 29 units of affordable housing on part of the city-owned former Statler mill site.
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Augusta to consider collecting more gas from city landfill
A plan to spend $350,000 to collect and maximize methane gas from the Hatch Hill landfill will go to city councilors.
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First female president of Augusta Franco club says election is ‘surreal’
Lisa Newell said she recognizes her election is a big change for the nearly 1,000-member Le Club Calumet, which only began admitting women as members in 2005.
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State officials put proposal to bring food trucks to east side campus on hold
About 750 people work there, but only two operators responded to the state’s request for quotes.
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LePage leads groundbreaking for Augusta state office building
The new DHHS building is the first major addition to the State House complex since the 1970s.
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Augusta to buy 45 acres next to Hatch Hill landfill as buffer
The City Council voted unanimously and without discussion to approve the purchase.
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Pearl Harbor attack eventually cost former Augusta woman her father
Hope Weston, who also lived in Winthrop, left the Philippines for the United States before the war; her father stayed behind to help the U.S., and was executed by the Japanese.