The $11.7 million project would be funded by an $8 million city bond, if voters approve at a June 10 referendum.
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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Manchester residents to choose town motto from finalists
Residents at the June 12 Town Meeting will consider four new mottoes in addition to the current one, ‘Manchester, the way life is.’
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Augusta’s Mayfair neighborhood not yet warming to natural gas
Area residents listened to representatives from Maine Natural Gas and Greater Augusta Utility District talk about summer construction.
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Augusta’s Mayfair neighborhood to get construction lowdown
A meeting set for Thursday night will feature officials from Maine Natural Gas and the Augusta Utility District.
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Augusta’s Doore, Cornell du Houx in Democratic primary race for House District 85
The Democratic candidates are vying for a seat that comprises Augusta east of the Kennebec River, and the winner is expected to face Republican candidate Kimberly Davis.
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Maine fire marshal: Augusta fire was intentionally set
Residents of a Cedar Court apartment building credit a fellow tenant for alerting them to the early morning fire, which injured the man in whose apartment it began.
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Augusta contemplates whether road construction is better by day or night
Officials weigh the good and the bad of night work, as crews work to fix city’s roads.
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Subcontractor on Kennebec Valley natural gas project files lawsuit
A horizontal drilling specialist claims it wasn’t fully paid by a Wisconsin firm for its work on the Summit Natural Gas of Maine project.
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Augusta City Council approves $53.3 million budget, 2.9 percent tax increase
The document’s final version includes changes that reduced the anticipated property tax increase by about half.
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Part of Augusta’s Mount Vernon Avenue to be one-way during construction
The two-year project will rebuild the crumbling northern entrance to city, but business owners are concerned the project will hurt business.