Keith Edwards covers the city of Augusta and towns of Manchester and Windsor, 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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PublishedApril 15, 2025
Sidney woman accused of killing son not mentally competent, evaluation finds
A psychologist testifies that Megan McDonald believes she directly communicates with God, who told her to kill her son before Christmas.
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PublishedApril 14, 2025
Augusta to redesign logo, city fonts, to make online materials accessible to all
City leaders want to get ahead of a 2027 Americans With Disabilities Act deadline to make all online city material accessible to screen readers and other assistive technology.
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PublishedApril 7, 2025
Project Fresh Start finds new home in Augusta
The nonprofit, which lost its previous space in Augusta, has found a new home with the United Community Living Center, a daytime homeless services center.
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PublishedApril 2, 2025
Man indicted in death of wife, attack on his mother in Readfield
In addition to a charge of killing his wife, a Kennebec County grand jury indicted Samuel Whittemore, 34, of aggravated attempted murder for the attack on his mother.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2025
Augusta needs to do more to help homeless residents, task force says
The group urges city officials to help create a year-round homeless shelter and hire a worker to coordinate housing services.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2025
Benton man pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to 29 years
Raheem Goodwin, who pleaded guilty on Friday, will serve 29 years in prison for the 2023 murder of Edwin Weeks in Fairfield.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2025
Windsor man sentenced to 20 years for sexual assaults on girl
Peter Cayouette’s victim testified she was assaulted hundreds of times for a year, when she was 11 and 12 years old.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2025
Augusta Recovery Reentry Center closes
The center, a safe, sober space for people in recovery from substance abuse, or reentering society after imprisonment, lacks funding to continue operations after Thursday.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2025
Albion man sentenced to 75 days for sexual contact with girl, possessing explicit photos
The victim’s father said he should have shot the defendant instead of going to authorities at Sean Eori’s sentencing Tuesday, where the victim and her family said the system failed to protect her.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2025
Augusta woman gets nine months for stealing shopping cart full of liquor
Samantha Berube pleads guilty to thefts in three counties, including “all the high end liquor” from a Hannaford store.
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