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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PublishedJuly 19, 2015
Former Augusta high school now housing for senior citizens
The locked former main entrance to the apartment building, now dubbed Cony Flatiron Senior Residence, features a stately, hushed lobby with leather seats.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2015
As Augusta Civic Center director retires, officials foresee bright future
Dana Colwill, who has been the Augusta Civic Center’s director for the last 11 years and administrator there for 19 years, says the facility is in good financial shape and has become an “economic catalyst.”
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PublishedJuly 17, 2015
Augusta officials eye demolition of building deemed unsafe
City Manager William Bridgeo told city councilors Thursday the building at 44 State St. is a health hazard, so he has instructed the city staff to proceed with the demolition of it promptly.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2015
Augusta council OKs five-year airport contract
The city will continue to be paid $550,000 per year to run the state-owned airport.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2015
Augusta considers art project for traffic island to downtown
The Augusta Downtown Alliance proposes to work with the city to install a piece of public art as part of the landscaping of a relatively new traffic island.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2015
Augusta officials close State Street building because of structural, electrical problems
Three people were displaced after city officials found defects in the home at 44 State St., which entered the tax foreclosure process earlier this year.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2015
Augusta food distributor seeks city zoning change for new parking lot
Performance Foodservice – Northcenter wants a new parking lot with spaces for more than 110 trucks north of its Dalton Road building that would allow the business to build a new 50,000-square-foot freezer.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2015
Former Augusta technical center director headed on Peace Corps mission
Scott Phair and wife Karen Laverty plan to spend a year in the tropical islands of the Federated States of Micronesia.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2015
PUC decision on Maine Natural Gas rate hike expected by November
The gas company is asking state regulators to approve a 62 percent delivery rate increase that would be phased in over three years.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2015
Rome residents urge continued resistance to cell tower lawsuit
Selectmen have scheduled a special town meeting for July 20 to seek voters’ permission to accept donations that could be used to pay the town’s legal bills in the tower fight.
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