Councilors backed naming the school a historic place to help develop senior housing and OK’d applying for federal grant funds to help landlords improve properties.
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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Augusta Planning Board rejects Red Barn request for noise waiver
Board members felt the restaurant hadn’t done enough to meet standards to be granted the waiver.
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Augusta Council to address Hodgkins school development
The housing authority needs council backing to secure historic preservation tax credits for senior housing.
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Red Barn seeks noise exemption for weekly car show with DJ
The Augusta Planning Board rejected a similar request in 2013, but the restaurant bought mass gathering permits for $100 to hold concerts.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Augusta Walmart workers alert police to possible kidnapping
Assama-vi Koumou-Nete was apprehended on Interstate 95 with a woman who had told the Walmart employees she was being kidnapped.
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Augusta native played big role in Appomattox surrender
Maj. Gen. Seth Williams was touted as “a very fine officer” in the Civil War, which ended 150 years ago Thursday.
Posted inMaine
Manchester Lions Club gears up for Home and Garden Show
After a brutal winter, club members hope others will join them to enjoy flowers and other signs of summer.
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Augusta council to consider museum definition for Gannett House project
The Gannett family wants to build a First Amendment museum next to the Blaine House and are still in negotiations with the state to buy the property.
Posted inMaine, News
Augusta’s new recycling program exceeding expectations
The single-sort system, which is designed to extend the life of the Hatch Hill landfill, is still not prompting non-recyclers to start, though, city officials speculate.
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Augusta firefighters, police recognized for heroism
Rescuers responding to the Northern Avenue fire in Augusta and the Highland Avenue fire in Gardiner saved the lives of people occupying both apartment buildings despite raging fire and deadly smoke.