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.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2012
Local youths build robots to answer seniors’ needs at state Lego competition
AUGUSTA — Madison Corgan, 10, loaded a blue-and-white piece of “quilt” into the arms of her team’s robot, Sam, pushed a button or two and then watched, smiling widely but nervously, as the Lego robot went about the tasks the team had programmed it to do.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2012
Transient charged in Nov. 17 robbery of Capitol Street CVS pharmacy in Augusta
AUGUSTA — A homeless man is charged with robbing a CVS Pharmacy on Capitol Street last month, the latest arrest in a string of city pharmacy robberies and a record-breaking number of drugstore hold-ups statewide.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2012
Augusta City Council bans smoking at school bus stops
AUGUSTA — Lighting up a cigarette while waiting for Junior and his or her fellow students to get on the bus soon will be illegal in Augusta, as city councilors voted Thursday to ban smoking at all designated school bus stops.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2012
Augusta, Gardiner city clerks to open for marriage licenses Dec. 29
AUGUSTA — City Center will open for three hours to issue marriage licenses Dec. 29, the first day gay couples in Maine may get married.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2012
Cony High School principal named interim Augusta schools superintendent
AUGUSTA — Cony High School Principal James Anastasio was named interim superintendent, and Special Education Director Donna Madore assistant superintendent by the Board of Education Monday.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2012
Augusta board to consider Cony principal as interim superintendent
AUGUSTA — The Board of Education meets tonight to consider the nomination of Cony High School Principal James Anastasio as interim superintendent, and current Special Education Director Donna Madore as assistant superintendent. Current Superintendent Cornelia Brown is leaving the district Dec. 31 to become executive director of Maine School Management Association. Cony Principal James Anastasio […]
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PublishedDecember 2, 2012
Shooting club’s feud with youth program director leads to four resignations
AUGUSTA — A dispute involving a popular youth shooting program has prompted four leaders of the Capitol City Rifle and Pistol Club to resign.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2012
Kennebec River barge crew bores test soil samples for Maine Natural Gas pipeline
AUGUSTA — The two-company race to bring natural gas to the Kennebec Valley rolls on in corporate conference rooms, town halls, roadside ditches and now, atop a barge in the Kennebec River.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2012
Augusta school board seeks end to new superintendent residency requirement
AUGUSTA — A requirement that the superintendent of Augusta schools must live within city limits is under review now that school officials say it was a top reason the quest for a new superintendent has come up empty.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2012
Four-month-old, family dealing with rare genetic disorder
AUGUSTA — Four-month-old Chandler Melanson is a different baby since he left the hospital two months after his birth.
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