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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PublishedNovember 15, 2011
Wilderness story goes graphic
Winthrop author Lynn Plourde would run into Donn Fendler at different events in recent years and nicely nag the famous “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” author to pen a new version of the book that countless Maine children have read since its publication in 1939.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2011
Augusta councilors agree with ideas to revamp riverfront
AUGUSTA — The old tissue mill is gone from the east side riverfront, and the hospital, too, is moving out of that part of the city.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2011
Augusta ponders riverfront vision
AUGUSTA — A new report envisions the east side of the city connected to the west side by a pedestrian path crossing the Kennebec River on the old train trestle.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2011
Bilodeau, Emery win in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Daniel Emery and Jeffrey Bilodeau were elected to the City Council Tuesday.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2011
Emery, Bilodeau, elected in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Daniel Emery and Jeffrey Bilodeau were elected to the City Council Tuesday. Emery, with 2,345 votes, beat out David Smith, who received 1,770 votes. Bilodeau’s 2,931 votes topped Corey Vose’s 1,550 votes. Emery will take the at-large council seat vacated by William Stokes when he was elected mayor. “I’m very appreciative of the […]
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PublishedNovember 7, 2011
Hunters give up deer blood samples to track deadly disease
State epidemiologists and other volunteers are out for blood at deer-tagging stations across the state, as part of efforts to track the spread of a primarily mosquito-borne disease deadly to people and horses.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2011
Testing of deer blood helps fight disease
State epidemiologists and other volunteers are out for blood at deer-tagging stations across the state, as part of efforts to track the spread of a primarily mosquito-borne disease deadly to people and horses.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2011
City voters asked to OK pair of bond proposals
AUGUSTA — Voters will be asked Tuesday to borrow a total of a little less than $1.5 million in two local bonds, one for improvements to city streets and sidewalks, the other for renovations at Gilbert Elementary School.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2011
Permission to medicate in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Medical marijuana users shared hits off a vaporizer and compared buds of their home-grown efforts Saturday, separated by just the thin vinyl wall of a tent and several feet of Augusta Civic Center parking lot from Augusta Police Sgt. Christopher Shaw.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2011
No decision on fireworks in Augusta
AUGUSTA — City councilors Thursday night voted to table a proposed ban on the use and sale of fireworks anywhere in the city, saying there is enough time to make a decision before the law allowing them in the state goes into effect Jan. 1.
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