Capital Area Technical Center students are doing local residents’ taxes for them for free, as part of a program that could result in the students, upon successful completion of the program and an exam, becoming certified tax preparers.
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 approves leasing Cony flatiron to developer
AUGUSTA — City councilors unanimously voted to lease the old Cony High School flatiron building for the next 50 years to a developer who plans to turn it into affordable senior citizen housing.
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LePage: Gas project excludes workers
But the company planning to build a pipeline takes issue with claims about its labor agreement.
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Augusta council votes on Cony flatiron lease, tax break Thursday
Augusta city councilors on Thursday will vote on a proposal to develop the former Cony High School flatiron building into housing for senior citizens.
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Augusta councilors to vote on Cony flatiron redevelopment Thursday
Cynthia Taylor, president of nonprofit housing developer Housing Initiatives of New England, has proposed that Augusta lease her organization the vacant, triangular former Cony High School flatiron building in order for her organization to create housing for senior citizens for the next 50 years.
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Pipeline construction, PR efforts herald natural gas push in central Maine
Construction of natural gas pipelines in central Maine is becoming more visible each day as two competing companies jostle for customers and accelerate efforts to build the backbones of dueling gas systems.
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Richmond library proposal subject of Wednesday public hearing
A plan to build a new public library with $245,000 that’s already been collected goes to a public hearing Wednesday in Richmond.
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State woos Augusta to host new pre-release center
Some inmates at the Central Maine Pre-Release Center in Hallowell could move to Kennebec County jail in Augusta after the center closes next month, under a proposal state and county corrections officials are discussing.
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Damren, Rice elected as Belgrade selectmen; Childs in as roads commissioner
Richard Damren and incumbent Ernie Rice were elected to the Belgrade Board of Selectpersons Friday in a three-way race for two empty seats.
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Some Augusta streets may get new names
A committee tasked with sorting out confusing or similar-sounding street names in Augusta could add to the confusion, some officials are saying.