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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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
Winthrop woman, 64, dies after her pickup truck hits YMCA building in Manchester
Officials with the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office think Holly A. Wright might have experienced a medical problem before the one-vehicle accident.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2020
Solar farm on 42 acres touted as ‘benefiting Mainers’ approved off Augusta’s Civic Center Drive
A 2.5-megawatt, approximately 8,000-panel, solar farm would provide electricity to an unnamed Maine business, officials said.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2020
Plea made, then withdrawn, by suspect in Waterville drive-by shooting of young girl
Video conferencing between the Kennebec County jail and Capital Judicial Center, due to COVID-19 prevention efforts, has had glitches that impact defendants’ communications.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2020
Sidney man who had conviction in child rape overturned seeks to suppress evidence in new trial
Eric Bard had a conviction of multiple sex offenses on a young child overturned on appeal after the district attorney met with the judge without the defense present.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2020
Jefferson motorcyclist killed after striking construction barricade, police say
Michael Bowden, 62, was in the crash Tuesday on State Route 218 in Alna, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2020
Two killed Sunday in motorcycle, SUV collision in Gardiner
It appears that the motorcycle veered into the lane of oncoming traffic, police say.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2020
Proposal to consolidate polls for November election fails in Augusta
Following extensive debate between residents and the Augusta City Council, a motion to consolidate polls for the November presidential election, due to concerns about COVID-19 and a lack of poll workers, failed for lack of a second.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2020
Convicted killer at Riverview Psychiatric Center pleads guilty to escape
Mark Ian Gessner, who was acquitted at trial on charges that he threatened his father while out of Riverview on a two-hour pass in 2018, pleaded guilty to escape in connection to that incident.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Augusta area sewage testing suggests low prevalence of coronavirus
So far only one sample of wastewater, out of eight, taken weekly from the Greater Augusta Utility District’s treatment plant has tested positive for detectable amounts of coronavirus.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2020
Augusta to consider consolidating polls for November presidential election
City councilors are expected to vote Thursday on a proposal to hold all voting in November at the Augusta Civic Center, rather than in each of the city’s four wards.
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