City officials say the money would be paid back with taxes generated by natural gas infrastructure.
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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Report: Fire-damaged Gardiner building can’t handle snow load
The roughly 150-year-old building at 235 Water St. could be demolished by its owner, who said he intends either to give the building to the city or to demolish it at an estimated cost of $60,000 to $70,000.
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Augusta could extend tax districts to help fund fire station construction, renovation
Construction of the new fire station is expected to start in the spring, pending completion of an environmental review of the city-owned site.
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Smaller, cheaper firetruck up for approval in Windsor
A Nov. 3 referendum question on a proposal to buy a new firetruck comes on the heels of a June vote against the purchase of a larger, more expensive one.
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Veterans get hand up at Homeless Veteran Stand Down in Togus
The annual event drew 66 veterans who were offered a variety of services at the veteran’s hospital outside Augusta.
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Fort Western palisade replacement project includes digging up past in Augusta
Archaeologists are hoping to find the privy or the trash pit, both of which could contain items to help tell the fort’s story.
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Kennebec Land Trust celebrates acquisition of Augusta’s Howard Hill
The group plans to donate the land to the city with a conservation easement after paying off a bank loan it took out to buy the property.
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Augusta councilors to consider selling old, broken down firetruck
The top bid was from a scrap dealer, who is offering $1,775 for the disabled ladder truck, which no longer has a working engine.
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Multi-agency group gathers in Augusta to probe child hunger
The city’s homeless include both longtime Augusta residents and others who moved here for help, the school board chairwoman reported.
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Augusta forum on childhood hunger and homelessness planned for Tuesday
According to Augusta School Department statistics, 92 students were homeless last year, with 23 of them listing a homeless shelter as their residence and nine of them listing their residence as a hotel.