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
September 7, 2012

Maine man who killed 3 nuns moving to group home

Mark Bechard was committed to a state psychiatric hospital after killing two elderly nuns and injuring two others in 1996.
Published
September 6, 2012

Plan to borrow for firetruck goes to Augusta board tonight

AUGUSTA — A proposal to borrow up to $650,000 to buy a new firetruck goes to city councilors tonight.
Published
September 5, 2012

Trash-to-liquid could be in Augusta first

AUGUSTA — The city’s Hatch Hill landfill could be home to a first-in-the-country operation that converts trash into liquid fuel.
Published
September 3, 2012

Augusta’s State Street slated for lane reduction

AUGUSTA — Could two travel lanes be better, and safer, than four?
Published
September 1, 2012

Summerhaven range cleanup is really the pits

AUGUSTA — Game wardens this summer put up a sign in the Summerhaven pits area, a longtime favorite for target shooting, saying it’s a public shooting range and asking those who use it to “carry in, carry out.”
Published
August 30, 2012

Game wardens looking for more order in Summerhaven shooting pits

AUGUSTA — Game wardens this summer put up a sign in the Summerhaven pits area, a longtime favorite for target shooting, saying it’s a public shooting range and asking those who use it to “carry in, carry out.”
Published
August 30, 2012

Police: Burglar stole cash register from Farmingdale salon

FARMINGDALE — A Maine Avenue hair salon was broken into overnight, and police are seeking the burglar who made off with the salon’s cash register.
Published
August 29, 2012

Richmond firefighter likely target of harassment after boots were filled with water

RICHMOND — The town is investigating a harassment report against a firefighter after he reported his boots were full of water when he arrived at the station on a call.
Published
August 25, 2012

Federal regulators criticize Bank of Maine, call it ‘troubled’

The Bank of Maine has been designated as being in a troubled condition by national regulators who say they found unsafe and unsound banking practices and regulatory violations by the bank.
Published
August 25, 2012

Bank of Maine is again scrutinized by federal regulators; chairman says problems ‘ancient history’

The Bank of Maine has been designated as being in a troubled condition by national regulators who say they found unsafe and unsound banking practices and regulatory violations by the bank. The Gardiner and Portland-based bank’s leader, however, said Friday that the problems cited in a formal agreement between the bank and the Comptroller of […]