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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PublishedDecember 27, 2011
Nothing beats coming home
WINTHROP — Pfc. Jeff Moore, home for the holidays after serving a tour of duty in Iraq, sat on the couch of his father’s Mount Pisgah Road home the day after Christmas and described working in 140-degree heat fixing diesel generators at a military base near Tallil, Iraq.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2011
Abducted woman lucky, says self-defense teacher
AUGUSTA — A woman beat the odds when she emerged physically unscathed Tuesday night following her abduction in a Walmart parking lot by an armed man.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2011
CMP planning coal tar clean-up
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Co. plans a major project to clean up and contain coal tar left next to, and likely underneath, Bond Brook at the site of the former Augusta Gas Works.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2011
Occupy Augusta to target State House
AUGUSTA — Occupy Augusta isn’t going away.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2011
CMP plans coal tar clean up
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Co. plans a major project to clean up and contain coal tar left next to, and likely underneath, Bond Brook at the site of the former Augusta Gas Works.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2011
Area stores report ‘layaway angels’
AUGUSTA — In more than 30 years in the retail industry, Sharon Carter has never seen a phenomenon as uplifting as the one that’s making its way through many of the nation’s largest retail chains.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2011
Home burglaries now an almost daily occurrence
AUGUSTA — Authorities say home burglaries have skyrocketed to such a degree that the city averages nearly one each day.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2011
Rise in property crime blamed on drug addiction
AUGUSTA — Authorities say home burglaries have skyrocketed to such a degree that the city averages nearly one each day.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Board approves busing contract
AUGUSTA — The Board of Education has unanimously approved a new five-year bus contract.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Council to firm: Scale down plan
AUGUSTA — The city has told a company that proposes to use the sun and wood to help heat and power some city and school buildings to come back with a watered-down project.
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