As written, the town’s new setback requirements for recreational marijuana businesses could be seen as applying to all businesses in Manchester.
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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Lawsuit over blasting filed against city of Augusta, local construction, blasting firms
A Kenneth Street couple says their home has been damaged and that the blasting has caused ’emotional distress.’
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Augusta Planning Board tables state office building proposal because of traffic, appearance concerns
Planning Board members expressed concern that two proposed new office buildings near the State House complex.
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Several dozen people take part in Gardiner marijuana-for-trash event
Participants in the clean-up didn’t have to be licensed medical marijuana patients to receive the free gift of marijuana for picking up trash.
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Augusta downtown food hub proposed as immigrant welcome center
The idea is to create a place where residents old and new can make connections over a meal.
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Big changes coming for prominent Augusta property near State House
The replacement of the former Department of Transportation facility now includes tearing down the current state retirement system building.
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Augusta councilors allocate $398,067 in supplemental state education funding to schools
The city’s school board has not decided yet how the money will be spent.
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Extra state funding may not be enough to prevent Augusta elementary school moves
Some parents at a meeting Wednesday objected to the planned transfer of students from Farrington Elementary to other schools.
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Augusta officials ponder what to do with $796K in added state education funding
A draft proposal put together by Ralph St. Pierre, the city’s finance director and assistant city manager, proposes to appropriate half the new state funding for schools.
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Paper-shredding truck crashes into wall in Augusta
Police said the driver got out to start the truck’s shredding machine when it apparently slipped into gear and moved across the street.