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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PublishedMarch 30, 2012
Taxes about to rise in Augusta
AUGUSTA — The proposed $51.5 million city and school budget would raise property taxes by 3.5 percent while shouldering a larger welfare burden, paying significantly more in sewer fees, closing Bicentennial Nature Park and eliminating a police patrol position.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2012
School board approves tax increase
AUGUSTA — The Board of Education approved a $26.8 million school budget Wednesday that is expected to lead to a tax increase of just less than 2 percent.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2012
Committee recommends print notices stay
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee has rejected a proposal, tucked into the supplemental budget proposed by Gov. Paul LePage, that removes a requirement that the state government publish public notices in newspapers.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2012
Panel wants newspapers to keep publishing notices
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee has rejected a proposal, tucked into the supplemental budget proposed by Gov. Paul LePage, that removes a requirement that the state government publish public notices in newspapers.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2012
Plan for ‘newseum’ at Gannett House advances
AUGUSTA — An interactive “newseum,” focusing on freedom of speech and freedom of the press, is on track to move in next door to the Blaine House.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2012
Plan for ‘newseum’ at Gannett House advances
AUGUSTA — An interactive “newseum,” focusing on freedom of speech and freedom of the press, is on track to move in next door to the Blaine House.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2012
School program embraces Franco-American culture
AUGUSTA — Dominick and Rocko Napolitano are learning how to speak their grandmother’s language: French.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2012
Maine mayors team up
AUGUSTA — The mayors of 10 major Maine cities, including Augusta and Waterville, have formed a coalition to push back against what they see as a continuing shift of the costs to municipalities and taxpayers.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2012
Mayors: State dumps care for poor on cities
AUGUSTA — The mayors of 10 major Maine cities, including Augusta and Waterville, have formed a coalition to push back against what they see as a continuing shift of the costs to municipalities and taxpayers.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2012
Special ed instructors plead for students
AUGUSTA — Educators in a program serving special education students at Capital Area Technical Center sought to get funding for the program reinstated into the proposed $26.8 million proposed school budget Wednesday.
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