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
July 14, 2015

Augusta officials close State Street building because of structural, electrical problems

Three people were displaced after city officials found defects in the home at 44 State St., which entered the tax foreclosure process earlier this year.
Published
July 13, 2015

Augusta food distributor seeks city zoning change for new parking lot

Performance Foodservice – Northcenter wants a new parking lot with spaces for more than 110 trucks north of its Dalton Road building that would allow the business to build a new 50,000-square-foot freezer.
Published
July 12, 2015

Former Augusta technical center director headed on Peace Corps mission

Scott Phair and wife Karen Laverty plan to spend a year in the tropical islands of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Published
July 12, 2015

PUC decision on Maine Natural Gas rate hike expected by November

The gas company is asking state regulators to approve a 62 percent delivery rate increase that would be phased in over three years.
Published
July 7, 2015

Rome residents urge continued resistance to cell tower lawsuit

Selectmen have scheduled a special town meeting for July 20 to seek voters’ permission to accept donations that could be used to pay the town’s legal bills in the tower fight.
Published
July 7, 2015

Augusta to consider new airport agreement Thursday

A proposed contract calls for a five-year term in which the state would pay the city $550,000 a year to run the airport.
Published
July 6, 2015

Augusta elementary schools may implement new grading system

The school district first tried to upgrade its elementary school report cards in 2008, but push back from parents meant the adoption of a dual reporting system.
Published
July 5, 2015

Fort Western in Augusta to house artifacts from Richmond, Winslow forts

The hope is that the Augusta fort will become a regional repository where the public can enjoy the artifacts.
Published
July 5, 2015

Timbers discovered during Richmond-Dresden bridge construction not from Fort Halifax

Although officials speculated in 2013 that part of the old fort’s roof may have drifted down the Kennebec River, additional research has shown that’s not the case.
Published
June 27, 2015

Augusta’s Viles Arboretum hosts re-enactment of Confederacy’s 1865 surrender

About 500 people attended the Civil War commemoration Saturday, which also featured a recreation of the victorious Union army’s march through Washington.