Students organized food collection for weeks, collecting food from parishioners, family members, local businesses and others.
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 โoffโ time restoring and maintaining his 170, or so, year-old home in Richmond.
Augusta man turning formerly unsafe, tax-acquired building into home for family
Juggling college coursework, a family and a fixer-upper has been a challenge for Roger Mackbach.
Augusta asks religious leaders to help craft zoning rules
City Council has grappled with how to define places of worship and whether to allow them to run soup kitchens and other social services in certain neighborhoods.
Maranacook students take flight at UMA
About 15 Maranacook students were at the University of Maine at Augusta Friday as part of an engineering class project focused on flying.
Augusta quarry’s neighbors attribute house damage to blasting
The City Council was expected to make no decision Thursday night on proposed stricter blasting rules.
Augusta school officials want public input
During a previous goal-setting session, board members decided it would be good to seek input from stakeholders in the community on what they want their schools to do and be.
Augusta may split decisions on controversial zoning changes
The changes were inspired by the possible sale of the St. Mark’s Church property and neighborhood concerns about what might go there in the future.
Downtown Augusta apartment project up for board review
Extensive renovation work has been underway for months at the prominent downtown buildings between the Kennebec River and Water Street.
Augusta’s former Hodgkins Middle School starts new life as affordable senior housing
The head of the city’s housing department says she knows the need for accessible, affordable housing persists among senior citizens.
Drug diversion program proposed in Augusta to get addicts into treatment
Local law enforcement agencies and treatment providers would partner together in the state grant-funded program.