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
April 25, 2016

Pine State Trading Co. sells Gardiner-based convenience store division

All 540 employees are expected to retain their jobs following the $112 million sale.
Published
April 23, 2016

Augusta officials spar over city’s effort to attract businesses

Council member Dale McCormick asked why Gardiner seems to be doing better than Augusta, but other councilors said that’s not the case.
Published
April 21, 2016

Augusta councilors adopt Property Maintenance Ordinance

The ordinance, approved 7-1, will require land and building owners to keep their properties up to minimum standards.
Published
April 20, 2016

Gardiner fire was set intentionally, investigators say

The fire started in the unoccupied second-floor apartment of a Highland Avenue duplex.
Published
April 19, 2016

Augusta council to consider property maintenance ordinance, review budget

Councilors are scheduled to review proposed department budgets that include additional staffing for Lithgow Public Library.
Published
April 19, 2016

Gardiner fire damages Highland Avenue duplex; one tenant displaced

An investigator with the Office of the State Fire Marshal was at the fire scene and was expected to return Tuesday to try to determine a cause of the fire.
Published
April 8, 2016

Augusta councilors, mayor spar over meeting protocol

Councilor Dale McCormick said Mayor David Rollins calls on himself to speak and offers ‘a counterpoint on almost every point a councilor makes.’
Published
April 7, 2016

Augusta property ordinance would bar many residents from having extra cars for parts, resident tells councilors

The resident also cited the risks of forbidding property owners to board up windows in unoccupied houses.
Published
April 5, 2016

Augusta council to review modified property maintenance ordinance proposal

Boarding up windows, instead of fixing them, no longer would be allowed, according to the language that will be considered Thursday.
Published
April 2, 2016

Ice-out plungers raise cold cash for Special Olympics in Winthrop

It was the event’s third consecutive year but the first in which participants didn’t have to chop holes through ice to enter the water.