A city consultant hired to recommend a natural gas provider has selected Summit Natural Gas of Maine, but said that recommendation could flip to Maine Natural Gas, depending on city officials’ goals.
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’s Red Barn restaurant seeks noise-rule exception for summer concerts
The Red Barn restaurant in Augusta is seeking permission to exceed the city’s noise limits during a planned summer series of hourlong outdoor concerts.
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Mainer’s intrepid hunting partner tackles prey, avoids predators twice its size
Larry Barnes’ duck hunting partner is an approximately 5-year-old Peale’s peregrine falcon, and he discussed hunting with the bird of prey on Saturday at Swan Island in Richmond.
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Construction work, archaeological dig to continue at Richmond-Dresden bridge
Construction work on one side of the new Richmond-Dresden bridge will begin this month, but on the other side archaeologists will continue researching and documenting the significance of two colonial forts that once existed there.
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Kennebec Arsenal owner denies neglect; partners claim progress in protecting property
The would-be developer of the historic Kennebec Arsenal property denies nearly every allegation of neglect made in a lawsuit filed by the state, which seeks to reclaim the property.
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Augusta council keen on police report, loose dog fees hike
City councilors expressed support Thursday for a proposal from police Chief Robert Gregoire for a major increase in the fees charged to obtain police reports, and in the fees for having a dog caught running loose.
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Old hands considering run at still-warm Senate 19 seat
House Majority Leader Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, and former District 19 Sen. Paula Benoit, R-Phippsburg, have expressed interest in the Senate District 19 seat held by outgoing Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall.
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Farmingdale selectmen assure residents no sand, salt shed will be purchased
Farmingdale selectmen assured residents that they would not buy a sand and salt shed, which was rejected by voters at the annual Town Meeting Saturday.
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Augusta council considering hike of accident report, loose dog fees
The cost of getting a copy of accident and other Augusta police reports would quadruple, from $5 to 20, and dog-at-large fines would also increase, under a proposal that goes to city councilors Thursday.
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Earthquake early Friday near Sidney creates confusion, little damage
Numerous central Mainers were shaken, and stirred out of bed, by an earthquake early Friday morning. The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake hit Sidney at 6:14 a.m.