About 2,500 Augusta taxpayers recently received tax bills with a South Portland letterhead.
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 fire leaves five tenants homeless
Firefighters battled heat and exhaustion as well as flames in dousing the fire that caused extensive damage to an apartment building at State and Laurel streets.
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45 Augusta students to start at different elementary school
Officials confident students will adjust and benefit from more evenly distributed class sizes.
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Augusta’s Ballard Road to be renamed for murdered man
The road may have originally been named for 18th-century city resident Martha Ballard of ‘A Midwife’s Tale’ fame.
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Tiny horses and monster trucks highlight Windsor Fair
The fair starts Sunday and runs through Labor Day with new and familiar features, including a fireworks display.
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McGee pit owner wants to control dust, get along with Augusta neighbors
The Augusta City Council is proposing changes in response to complaints about dust from blasting.
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Augusta City Council to revisit mining, blasting ordinance
The council may consider changes that could remove some grandfathering provisions and require older pits to control dust.
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Three seek Ward 1 Augusta City Council seat
Mayoral candidates have until Sept. 5 to submit their nomination papers in the only contested council race.
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Police: Man robbing Randolph pharmacy threatens to shoot everyone
It’s the second time in as many years the pharmacy inside Goggin’s IGA has been robbed.
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Augusta’s Ballard Road may be renamed in honor of murdered man
The city is considering changing the name of the northwest Augusta road to Jeff Gagnon Road.