Augusta plans to use at least $600,000 of the $2 million officials expect to receive in American Rescue Plan Act funds to make up for revenue losses.
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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Washington to vote on creating municipal broadband network
The broadband question will be considered Saturday at the annual Town Meeting.
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Augusta voters approve borrowing $4.5 million for city purchases, projects
Residents vote 314-127 to approve bonds for capital improvements, including a new fire truck, work to improve roads and pedestrian safety and repairs to the downtown parking garage.
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Whitefield residents approve town spending but reject solar moratorium, sign purchase
Whitefield held its annual Town Meeting on Saturday, with residents approving all municipal budget proposals.
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Augusta voters to decide Tuesday on borrowing $4.5 million
The funding would go toward a new fire truck, pedestrian safety improvements and repairs to the now-closed upper deck of the city’s parking garage and city streets.
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Augusta City Council approves policy allowing remote meetings
Influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the policy permits the mayor to call for remote meetings without declaring a state of emergency.
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Pittston residents approve trash, library, youth club funding
Residents at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday also approved a medical marijuana ordinance and the first updates to the building code in decades.
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Man arrested in Gardiner after high-speed chase leads to 2 foot chases
Jason Hewett allegedly fled from police by car, then on foot, across the Gardiner area Thursday night.
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Project meant to improve safety on Augusta’s Bangor Street gets $4.8 million in federal funding
Augusta will also get $265,000 to start a drug recovery assistance program as part of a federal budget signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden.
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Sidney man arrested at gunpoint on firearms charges
Michael Wayne Sprague, 44, arrested after allegedly threatening to kill himself and shooting a gun as he lay on the ground, police say.