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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PublishedMarch 28, 2012
Panel wants newspapers to keep publishing notices
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee has rejected a proposal, tucked into the supplemental budget proposed by Gov. Paul LePage, that removes a requirement that the state government publish public notices in newspapers.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2012
Plan for ‘newseum’ at Gannett House advances
AUGUSTA — An interactive “newseum,” focusing on freedom of speech and freedom of the press, is on track to move in next door to the Blaine House.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2012
Plan for ‘newseum’ at Gannett House advances
AUGUSTA — An interactive “newseum,” focusing on freedom of speech and freedom of the press, is on track to move in next door to the Blaine House.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2012
School program embraces Franco-American culture
AUGUSTA — Dominick and Rocko Napolitano are learning how to speak their grandmother’s language: French.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2012
Maine mayors team up
AUGUSTA — The mayors of 10 major Maine cities, including Augusta and Waterville, have formed a coalition to push back against what they see as a continuing shift of the costs to municipalities and taxpayers.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2012
Mayors: State dumps care for poor on cities
AUGUSTA — The mayors of 10 major Maine cities, including Augusta and Waterville, have formed a coalition to push back against what they see as a continuing shift of the costs to municipalities and taxpayers.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2012
Special ed instructors plead for students
AUGUSTA — Educators in a program serving special education students at Capital Area Technical Center sought to get funding for the program reinstated into the proposed $26.8 million proposed school budget Wednesday.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2012
Augusta should restore its Memorial Day Parade, resident tells city council
AUGUSTA — A resident wants Maine’s capital city to hold a Memorial Day parade for the first time in decades.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2012
Augusta panel: More meetings should use cable TV, Internet
AUGUSTA — A committee recommends Augusta City Council Chambers, and its technological ability to broadcast meetings both on television and the Internet, be opened up to virtually all city boards and committees.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2012
Maine will now march to ‘Dirigo’
AUGUSTA — When it came time to name the boisterous march he composed 51 years ago, Augusta native Leo Pepin, the son of immigrant parents, didn’t hesitate — it simply had to be named after the motto of the state he was proud to call home.
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