About $675,000 is needed to build a food bank home on Mount Vernon Avenue.
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 City Center closes after angry man unleashes 100 live bedbugs
A man upset that he didn’t qualify for General Assistance reportedly slammed a cup of 100 or so bugs on a counter, prompting City Hall’s closure and pest control measures.
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Augusta hesitant to accept ‘gift’ of vacant State Street building
City councilors tabled the proposal, worrying about setting a costly precedent by taking buildings whose owners can’t afford to demolish them.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Augusta school board mulling cuts to budget after city requests $444K reduction
An elementary school teacher, a nurse, a computer technician and a security guard are being considered for elimination.
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More than a number — war dead honored in Hallowell Memorial Day Ceremonies
Tribute also made to six “adopted” sailors from unknown hometowns.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Murals coming to fill downtown Augusta
This summer building walls to be painted to bring vibrancy, and visitors, to Augusta’s downtown.
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Kents Hill graduates exchange life advice with fifth-graders
Fifty-seven students graduated Saturday from the private school in Readfield.
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Augusta to have Mayfair neighborhood water problems investigated
Did the 2015 installation of a new sidewalk cause flooding and drainage problems on Windsor Avenue?
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Augusta councilors approve $59.3 million budget
A proposal to add $110,000 for a drug diversion plan was rejected.
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Augusta planners delay McGee pit license vote to experience blasting in person
The Planning Board wants to review an expert opinion and attend a blasting in-person before voting on a mineral extraction license for McGee Construction at a controversial quarry site off West River Road.