RICHMOND — With survey results suggesting residents think fireworks should be allowed in town and would be willing to borrow money for the town to build a new public library, selectmen are scheduled to meet tonight to discuss both issues.
Keith Edwards
Staff Writer
Keith Edwards covers the city of Augusta and courts in Kennebec County, 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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Fowle nominated for judicial post
AUGUSTA — Evert Fowle, the longtime district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties, has been nominated by Gov. Paul LePage to serve as a District Court judge.
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‘The Army has changed me,’ says Maine soldier back from Iraq
WINTHROP — Pfc. Jeff Moore, home for the holidays after serving a tour of duty in Iraq, sat on the couch of his father’s Mount Pisgah Road home the day after Christmas and described working in 140-degree heat fixing diesel generators at a military base near Tallil, Iraq.
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Nothing beats coming home
WINTHROP — Pfc. Jeff Moore, home for the holidays after serving a tour of duty in Iraq, sat on the couch of his father’s Mount Pisgah Road home the day after Christmas and described working in 140-degree heat fixing diesel generators at a military base near Tallil, Iraq.
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Abducted woman lucky, says self-defense teacher
AUGUSTA — A woman beat the odds when she emerged physically unscathed Tuesday night following her abduction in a Walmart parking lot by an armed man.
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CMP planning coal tar clean-up
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Co. plans a major project to clean up and contain coal tar left next to, and likely underneath, Bond Brook at the site of the former Augusta Gas Works.
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CMP plans coal tar clean up
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Co. plans a major project to clean up and contain coal tar left next to, and likely underneath, Bond Brook at the site of the former Augusta Gas Works.
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Area stores report ‘layaway angels’
AUGUSTA — In more than 30 years in the retail industry, Sharon Carter has never seen a phenomenon as uplifting as the one that’s making its way through many of the nation’s largest retail chains.
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Home burglaries now an almost daily occurrence
AUGUSTA — Authorities say home burglaries have skyrocketed to such a degree that the city averages nearly one each day.