The Augusta City Council plans to meet Thursday for a presentation by City Clerk Barbara Wardwell.
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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Few sex offenders commit new crimes
A 2010 study by researchers at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service found that 4 percent of sex offenders were returned to prison within one year of their release for any new crime, compared to 7.1 percent of other offenders.
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Augusta officials, residents complain city gets more than its share of sex offenders
Working relationships between corrections officials and landlords who are willing to rent to registered offenders are at heart of the issue.
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Developers to pitch plan for Dunkin’ Donuts in Augusta again
The company wants to build a new Dunkin’ Donuts with a drive-thru window by combining 89 Stone St., which is in a business zone, and 1 Davenport St. into a single lot.
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Developers to pitch plan for Augusta Dunkin’ Donuts again
Cafua Management Company wants to build a new Dunkin’ Donuts with a drive-thru window by combining 89 Stone St., which is in a business zone, and 1 Davenport St. into a single lot.
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Windsor nuns getting by on talents, baking skills
The sisters sell the fruitcakes, as well as habanero based hot sauce, and cookies and other items, both at church bake sales in the area and online to help raise money for the hermitage.
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Augusta council may raid reserves to cover half-million-dollar shortfall
City councilors will consider plugging a half-million-dollar gap in the current year’s budget created by a reduction in state revenue sharing by tapping into Augusta’s surplus funds Thursday.
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Families of murder victims hope to find solace at new Augusta memorial
Parents who’ve suffered the pain of losing a child to murder helped break ground Sunday on the Maine Murder Victims Memorial in Augusta, to help ensure the memories of their loved ones will never be forgotten.
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Public gets first look at MaineGeneral’s regional hospital in Augusta
The Alfond Center for Health’s open house on Saturday was greeted with “oohs,” “ahhs” and “thank yous,” as it was formally dedicated before a crowd of roughly 1,500, most of whom donated some of the more than $12 million raised privately to help build it.
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Group says 30 people turned away each month at Augusta shelter
During wide-ranging discussion of homelessness, Augusta officials confront problems of space and funding even as the need is great.