AUGUSTA — The city’s Hatch Hill landfill could be home to a first-in-the-country operation that converts trash into liquid fuel.
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 State Street slated for lane reduction
AUGUSTA — Could two travel lanes be better, and safer, than four?
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Summerhaven range cleanup is really the pits
AUGUSTA — Game wardens this summer put up a sign in the Summerhaven pits area, a longtime favorite for target shooting, saying it’s a public shooting range and asking those who use it to “carry in, carry out.”
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Game wardens looking for more order in Summerhaven shooting pits
AUGUSTA — Game wardens this summer put up a sign in the Summerhaven pits area, a longtime favorite for target shooting, saying it’s a public shooting range and asking those who use it to “carry in, carry out.”
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Police: Burglar stole cash register from Farmingdale salon
FARMINGDALE — A Maine Avenue hair salon was broken into overnight, and police are seeking the burglar who made off with the salon’s cash register.
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Richmond firefighter likely target of harassment after boots were filled with water
RICHMOND — The town is investigating a harassment report against a firefighter after he reported his boots were full of water when he arrived at the station on a call.
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Federal regulators criticize Bank of Maine, call it ‘troubled’
The Bank of Maine has been designated as being in a troubled condition by national regulators who say they found unsafe and unsound banking practices and regulatory violations by the bank.
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Bank of Maine is again scrutinized by federal regulators; chairman says problems ‘ancient history’
The Bank of Maine has been designated as being in a troubled condition by national regulators who say they found unsafe and unsound banking practices and regulatory violations by the bank. The Gardiner and Portland-based bank’s leader, however, said Friday that the problems cited in a formal agreement between the bank and the Comptroller of […]
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Federal backing likely won’t speed up Richmond-Dresden Bridge project
RICHMOND — Despite its recent prominent designation as one of just four projects nationwide to have its federal permitting process fast-tracked through an initiative announced by President Barack Obama, a new Richmond-Dresden bridge is not expected to start any sooner than was already planned.
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Augusta arsenal owner says he’s talking to other parties
AUGUSTA — The owner and would-be developer of the historic Kennebec Arsenal property says he is in talks with other developers who could take over.