If the City Council votes next week to approve an agreement between the land trust and the city, the largely unspoiled 164-acre property could be given to the city the very next day.
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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Hatch Hill gas-to-electricity idea draws Augusta council’s interest
A consultant says making electricity from methane gas produced by the landfill could be worthwhile even if the state changes the rules on net metering, the system under which customers sell power to the electricity grid.
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Prominent downtown Augusta building potentially headed to auction block, foreclosure
However, city officials were told by the owners of Key Plaza they hope to retain the building and extend a lease for state office space there.
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Augusta could generate electricity using methane from Hatch Hill landfill
The city already captures, and burns off with a flare, methane gas produced at the landfill.
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Manchester tax bill for bus turnaround irks West Gardiner officials
The bill for $22.96 drew a pointed letter from West Gardiner officials, prompting Manchester to consider a tax abatement for the shared-use parcel.
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Homeowner killed in China house fire
The Office of State Fire Marshal says the man’s body was found Sunday morning by firefighters outside a home along Three Mile Pond.
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Race to Remember raises money at Kents Hill for local skiers, honors murdered Fayette teen
Proceeds from Saturday’s event honoring Marlee Johnston, who died in 2005, also will help defray tuition costs for students who want to attend Kents Hill School.
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Augusta city, school leaders sworn in
Mayor David Rollins says 2016 was a year of accomplishments, with more to come in 2017.
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Augusta councilors, school board to take oaths of office
It will be the first meeting of the council without veteran Councilors Patrick Paradis and Cecil Munson, who were both forced off the council by term limits.
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St. Mark’s Home in Augusta to be put up for sale
Church officials say the proceeds of the sale will be used to serve people ‘on the margins.’