AUGUSTA — Andrew D. Worcester, who won the Republican primary for state House of Representatives District 57, has informed the state and local Republican leadership he is withdrawing from the race. His withdrawal follows that of Democratic incumbent District 57 Rep. Maeghan Maloney. So neither of the victorious primary candidates for the two major parties […]
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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Talk to feature Augusta’s place in early aviation
AUGUSTA — Just eight years after the Wright brothers’ historic first flight, St. Croix Johnstone took off from a baseball field in Augusta in his rudimentary monoplane.
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No money, staff for Nature Park
AUGUSTA — Bicentennial Nature Park is going to take the summer off, despite last-ditch efforts to find a way to keep the swimming spot open by raising money privately and charging user fees.
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Manchester gets back to business
MANCHESTER — Residents at a raucous annual Town Meeting Thursday night rejected funding for a new park voters had just approved the concept for two days earlier.
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Manchester’s town meeting gets heated up
MANCHESTER — Residents and others at the annual town meeting argued about how voting would take place at the meeting, and who could speak at it before any substantive votes had even taken place.
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Bicentennial Nature Park could be back
AUGUSTA — Bicentennial Nature Park could return from the brink of closure once again.
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Manchester voters pick small park plan
MANCHESTER – Residents favored the smaller of two park proposals for the former site of the old fire station, by 25 votes.
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Richmond elects Cummins, Poulin
RICHMOND — Incumbent Clarence Cummins and newcomer Gary Poulin were elected to the Board of Selectmen Tuesday. Cummins, with 160 votes, and Poulin, with 145 votes, were the top two vote-getters in a five-way race for two selectmen’s seats. Fred Browne came in third with 138 votes Pauline Beasley and David W. Guilmette each received […]
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Building Blocks, a Head Start and day care, closes
AUGUSTA — A day care and Head Start program that’s been in the city since 1981 has closed.
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Richmond graduates dream big
RICHMOND — The 27 new graduates of Richmond High School left their small-town high school with big dreams and cherished memories.