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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PublishedNovember 27, 2012
Augusta school board seeks end to new superintendent residency requirement
AUGUSTA — A requirement that the superintendent of Augusta schools must live within city limits is under review now that school officials say it was a top reason the quest for a new superintendent has come up empty.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2012
Four-month-old, family dealing with rare genetic disorder
AUGUSTA — Four-month-old Chandler Melanson is a different baby since he left the hospital two months after his birth.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2012
Augusta lights tree, celebrates holidays with fireworks on Saturday
AUGUSTA –Holiday revelers will get the chance to be Santa for needy area residents or pets at the city’s holiday tree lighting on Saturday, which will include everything from horse-drawn wagon rides to fireworks.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2012
Kennebec Arsenal owner plans to renovate 5 buildings in 3 years
AUGUSTA — Kennebec Arsenal owner and would-be developer Tom Niemann said his plan to renovate the historic but neglected riverside complex building-by-building will result in five of its eight buildings being redeveloped within the next 36 months.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2012
Augusta’s development director takes job with Summit Utilities
AUGUSTA — The city’s longtime development director has been hired away by a natural gas company planning to bring a pipeline into Augusta and the rest of the Kennebec Valley.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2012
Augusta City Council to consider bus-stop smoking ban
AUGUSTA — An incident involving an adult smoking at a school bus stop used by children with health problems has prompted the city to consider extending a ban on smoking to include school bus stops.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2012
Occasionally racy Archenemys store leaves Augusta’s downtown for Portland’s Old Port
AUGUSTA — An occasionally controversial downtown shop specializing in racy undergarments, shoes, dresses and other risque; clothing is there no more.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2012
Richmond to seek ‘community vision’ on Tuesday
RICHMOND — Officials want to know what residents want their town to do and be over the next few decades.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2012
Summit Natural Gas to enter 10-year deal with major real estate developer
AUGUSTA — Just two weeks after a competitor signed up its first major gas customer in the city, Summit Natural Gas of Maine officials say they too have a commitment from a major central Maine gas customer.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2012
Augusta seeks proposals for run-down, historic Bond Street home
AUGUSTA — The city will look for a preservation-minded new owner for a small single-family home on Bond Street considered by experts to be a remarkably intact example of the type of millworker housing once common.
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