Keith Edwards covers the city of Augusta and towns of Manchester and Windsor, 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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PublishedAugust 30, 2012
Police: Burglar stole cash register from Farmingdale salon
FARMINGDALE — A Maine Avenue hair salon was broken into overnight, and police are seeking the burglar who made off with the salon’s cash register.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2012
Richmond firefighter likely target of harassment after boots were filled with water
RICHMOND — The town is investigating a harassment report against a firefighter after he reported his boots were full of water when he arrived at the station on a call.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2012
Federal regulators criticize Bank of Maine, call it ‘troubled’
The Bank of Maine has been designated as being in a troubled condition by national regulators who say they found unsafe and unsound banking practices and regulatory violations by the bank.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2012
Bank of Maine is again scrutinized by federal regulators; chairman says problems ‘ancient history’
The Bank of Maine has been designated as being in a troubled condition by national regulators who say they found unsafe and unsound banking practices and regulatory violations by the bank. The Gardiner and Portland-based bank’s leader, however, said Friday that the problems cited in a formal agreement between the bank and the Comptroller of […]
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PublishedAugust 23, 2012
Federal backing likely won’t speed up Richmond-Dresden Bridge project
RICHMOND — Despite its recent prominent designation as one of just four projects nationwide to have its federal permitting process fast-tracked through an initiative announced by President Barack Obama, a new Richmond-Dresden bridge is not expected to start any sooner than was already planned.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2012
Augusta arsenal owner says he’s talking to other parties
AUGUSTA — The owner and would-be developer of the historic Kennebec Arsenal property says he is in talks with other developers who could take over.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2012
Augusta will ask for help from state, nonprofit
AUGUSTA — City councilors voted Thursday to ask the state and a nonprofit organization that houses people with mental illness in Augusta to come up with some money to help offset the city’s cost of providing police, fire and other municipal services to mentally ill clients and residences that house them in Augusta.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2012
Augusta may ask mental health care providers for help
The city may ask a nonprofit organization to make an annual payment-in-lieu-of-taxes to help offset the cost of providing municipal services.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2012
State panel weighs natural gas appeal
AUGUSTA — Attorneys representing two natural gas firms are battling at a state hearing today over whether the state made a mistake when it granted a project bid award for a gas system in the Augusta area.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2012
Pair of festivals celebrate Augusta’s downtown riverfront and Jamaican reggae
AUGUSTA — Two new events are coinciding on Saturday to make the capital area a festive place.
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