AUGUSTA — The city’s first firetruck is coming home to Augusta.
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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‘Cash mob’ hits Stacy’s Hallmark in downtown Augusta
AUGUSTA — About 35 shoppers waited anxiously around the fountain in Market Square, each with $20 just waiting to be spent on something, somewhere downtown.
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Augusta councilors OK added work for Bond Street
AUGUSTA — Short, torn-up Bond Street is due for nearly $190,000 in repairs and improvements once the dust settles on a major construction project putting utility pipes underneath the street.
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Augusta city council considers sprucing up Bond Street
AUGUSTA — City officials are considering improvements when it comes time to put Bond Street back together again.
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AUGUSTA: Old City Hall developer eyes Cony flatiron building for retail, apartments
AUGUSTA — The latest developer with a proposal and vision for the Cony flatiron building sees it with businesses on the first floor and a mix of market rate and subsidized residential apartments on the upper floors, requiring an investment between $7 million and $10 million.
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Panel narrows down UMA architectural student designs for Bond Brook trails lodge
AUGUSTA — Architecture students wanted their design for a proposed four-season lodge to make people want to discover the trails and woods of Bond Brook Recreation Area.
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Council to consider where sex offenders live
AUGUSTA — Officials are considering restricting where criminals who have committed sex offenses against children will be allowed to live in the city.
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Old Fort Western hosts birthday party for US Constitution
AUGUSTA — It wasn’t easy laying the groundwork for a whole new country, with a form of government that — 225 years ago, at least — was new to the world.
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New store wants to meet basic needs
RICHMOND — A new downtown thrift store aims to help local people meet their most basic needs — clothing, food and heat — while giving others with more clothing than they need a chance to get rid of it and help the cause.
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State still wants natural gas pipeline, but next step is unclear
AUGUSTA — State officials said Thursday they remain very much interested in natural gas being brought to more Mainers, even though flaws have torpedoed the state’s award of a multi-million dollar contract to build a pipeline in central Maine.