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 āoffā time restoring and maintaining his 170, or so, year-old home in Richmond.
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PublishedMay 12, 2012
Mother who starved child to death in 1993 now seeking discharge
AUGUSTA — A woman diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when she starved her 5-year-old daughter to death in 1993 asked a judge Friday to discharge her from state custody.
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PublishedMay 11, 2012
Cony students: Ban cigarette butt litter
AUGUSTA — A group of Cony High School freshmen wants the city to ban tossing cigarette butts where they don’t belong.
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PublishedMay 10, 2012
Despite neighbors’ objections, board OKs church plan
AUGUSTA — Over the objections of many neighbors, the Planning Board gave unanimous, but conditional, approval to a new home for Augusta Spiritualist Church on Townsend Road.
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PublishedMay 9, 2012
Council to hear students’ anti-smoking ideas
AUGUSTA — A group of Cony High School freshmen want smokers to stop littering the city — and the world — with their cigarette butts.
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PublishedMay 8, 2012
Tech center director calling it quits
AUGUSTA — Capital Area Technical Center Director Scott Phair is retiring to spend more time riding, writing and rafting, while he still can.
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PublishedMay 7, 2012
Not all ‘good feelings’ about church site
AUGUSTA — A proposal to build a new Augusta Spiritualist Church on Townsend Road has prompted a spirited debate among its potential new neighbors.
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PublishedMay 4, 2012
City taxpayers asked to cover for state cutbacks
AUGUSTA — City officials said Thursday local property taxpayers will be forced to pick up the tab for state cuts to General Assistance.
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PublishedMay 2, 2012
Several contested races set for ballot
RICHMOND — Contested races abound in the upcoming June 12 local elections, including a five-way race for selectmen.
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PublishedMay 2, 2012
$51.5 million Augusta budget goes to public
AUGUSTA — The $51.5 million proposed city and school budget — in which spending for General Assistance would more than triple in response to anticipated state cuts and increase property taxes — is up for a first reading and public scrutiny on Thursday.
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PublishedMay 1, 2012
Priest moving to new parish
AUGUSTA — An Augusta priest will be the new pastor of two Catholic churches in Jackman and Greenville.
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