Keith Edwards

Kennebec Journal

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.

Latest

Published
October 22, 2019

House full of garbage, human waste demolished in Augusta

Authorities discovered squalid living conditions when they went to the home to check on the homeowner’s condition.
Published
October 22, 2019

Richmond man’s death being investigated as homicide

Andrew Sherman, 48, was found dead Oct. 11 at his Richmond house. Authorities are asking the public for help from anyone who saw, talked to or heard from Sherman after Sept. 25.
Published
October 21, 2019

Augusta candidates to debate Wednesday

Candidates are competing in two contested Augusta City Council races this year.
Published
October 20, 2019

Actor brings story of the father of Anne Frank, Holocaust diarist, to Augusta

Roger Guenveur Smith, who has appeared in many Spike Lee films, returned to the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine to perform a one-man show, Otto Frank.
Published
October 20, 2019

Augusta Multicultural Center seeks to welcome all

The State Street center is home to a digital language lab immigrants can use to learn to speak English, and organizers say it will also host community and cultural events.
Published
October 20, 2019

Kennebec Journal Oct. 20 police log

Augusta area police log for Oct. 20, 2019.
Published
October 18, 2019

Augusta councilors vote to bring back waste supervisor

The former director of Hatch Hill, who was promoted to public works director in 2011, has continued to oversee the landfill but said the work has gotten to be too much.
Published
October 16, 2019

Augusta considers filling vacant landfill overseer position

Hatch Hill oversight position has been vacant since the former job-holder was promoted to public works director in 2011.
Published
October 14, 2019

Police continue to investigate Richmond man’s death

Andrew Sherman, 48, whose death is considered suspicious by police, was known locally as friendly and smart.
Published
October 14, 2019

Augusta Housing Authority’s proposal for Gage Street park hits snag

A revised, smaller proposal to build apartments for families in what is now a city-owned park could still happen despite restrictions on the use of some of property.