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
June 14, 2017

Windsor residents approve budget at Town Meeting

Town officials say they reduced municipal expenses in anticipation of a bigger bill from the school district.
Published
June 13, 2017

Augusta voters weigh-in on school budget, local elections

It was a four-way, write-in, race for the Augusta Board of Education, among Pia Holmes, Kevin Lamoreau, Roger Mackbach and Holly Kiidli.
Published
June 12, 2017

Manchester to consider marijuana business zoning at Thursday’s Town Meeting

A $1.8 million town budget is also up for approval at the meeting at Manchester Elementary School.
Published
June 11, 2017

Windsor voters to set town budget

The annual Town Meeting is Wednesday and residents will see a town budget that is down about $100,000.
Published
June 9, 2017

Housing authority proposes development on part of former mill site in Augusta

A new proposal to build ‘workforce housing’ is meant to help address a shortage of affordable rental units in the city.
Published
June 8, 2017

Augusta to remove Mayfair sidewalk residents blame for flooding, drainage problems

City officials are hoping that restoring the street to its earlier configuration will eliminate the flooding problem.
Published
June 8, 2017

Augusta school board race draws four write-in candidates

Voters on Tuesday will need to know how to spell the name of their favorite school board candidate when they head to the polls.
Published
June 6, 2017

Richmond voters approve police, summer recreation budgets at Town Meeting

Voters turned down a proposal to provide the police enough money to hire a part-time secretary.
Published
June 6, 2017

Augusta business owners say proposed secondhand shop rules go too far

Police proposed changes to city regulations to help solve theft cases.
Published
June 5, 2017

Augusta official describes Friday bedbug incident as ‘an extraordinary bit of misdirected anger’

A man told police he unleashed an estimated 100 bedbugs at city hall because he wanted city workers to experience what he’d gone through in his apartment.