The Board of Education also will consider door-to-door dropoff for prekindergarten and kindergarten students.
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 council to weigh AMHI memorial plan
A proposal to commemorate the 11,000-plus patients who died while in the care of the former state mental hospital will go before councilors Thursday.
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Augusta city officials aren’t alarmed by Pepsi warehouse closing
The Leighton Road warehouse, which has about 50 employees, is slated to close in the coming months.
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Augusta stabbing suspect arrested after standoff
Jason Boucher, 34, briefly held off police in a Cedar Street apartment before he was charged with elevated aggravated assault Monday night.
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NAMI Maine providing mental health first aid training in Augusta
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Maine is partnering with the Augusta Housing Authority to offer training sessions to landlords and tenants to prevent crises that result in evictions.
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Augusta councilor Michael Byron to run as write-in for mayor
Byron will face At-Large Councilor David Rollins and former mayor and councilor William E. Dowling.
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Mother injured in Richmond fire, saves baby
The Brunswick Road fire, sparked by a deep fryer on the kitchen stove, was accidental according to the state fire marshal’s office.
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Vietnam vets to be honored Sunday in Augusta
A ceremony in Capitol Park hosted by Daughters of the American Revolutin is part of the country’s 13-year commemoration of the war’s 50th anniversary.
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DA describes bad check program for Kennebec, Somerset counties to Chamber
Modeled after a Cumberland County program, it provides first-time offenders a chance to avoid prosecution.
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Freedom legislator arrested in alleged sexual encounter
State Police arrested Rep. Brian L. Jones on Monday night in a West Gardiner parking lot off the Maine Turnpike.