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
May 17, 2022

Richmond couple loses home and cat to fire but escapes uninjured

Firefighters from seven departments responded to the early-morning fire Tuesday on Beedle Road.
Published
May 16, 2022

Augusta to pay city employees COVID-19 cash bonus

The city will use about $163,000 of its roughly $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to reward employees for service in the pandemic.
Published
May 11, 2022

Former Augusta mental health worker sentenced for sexual abuse of client

Wayne O. Draper, 57, of Pittston pleads no contest to Class D misdemeanor charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
Published
May 10, 2022

Watch: Fire destroys 122-year-old Farmingdale house under renovation to be sold

The Northern Avenue home, owned by John Jaques of Keller Williams Realty, was under renovation and nearing completion as a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home.
Published
May 10, 2022

Pittston felon caught with meth and guns pleads guilty to trafficking

Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents arranged to buy drugs from another man whom they pulled over in a car driven by Tyrel Cox in 2020.
Published
May 9, 2022

Sheriff’s deputy killed last year among Maine officers honored at Augusta memorial

Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross was investigating a crash when he was struck and killed by a vehicle in Trenton on Sept. 23, 2021, and he is now among the names on the memorial.
Published
May 8, 2022

Man who fled child rape trial in Massachusetts arrested in Farmingdale

Police: Stephen Corbin Jr., 38, of Methuen, Massachusetts, cut off a GPS monitoring bracelet and headed to Maine.
Published
May 7, 2022

Walking tour in Hallowell one of 20 organized ‘Jane’s Walks’ across Maine

“Hoofing the Hook” walking, talking tour features glimpse into Hallowell’s history.
Published
May 5, 2022

Colonial Theater to host its first show in 53 years in downtown Augusta

Las Vegas magician and mind reader Kent Axell, who grew up in Manchester, to lift curtain Friday for the first ticketed public performance at the historic theater since it closed in 1969.
Published
May 4, 2022

Waterville man pleads guilty to murdering mother of his children

Nicholas P. Lovejoy admitted to the murder of Melissa Sousa in Waterville in 2019. His sentence will be capped at 45 years.