AUGUSTA — Voters will be asked Tuesday to borrow a total of a little less than $1.5 million in two local bonds, one for improvements to city streets and sidewalks, the other for renovations at Gilbert Elementary School.
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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Permission to medicate in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Medical marijuana users shared hits off a vaporizer and compared buds of their home-grown efforts Saturday, separated by just the thin vinyl wall of a tent and several feet of Augusta Civic Center parking lot from Augusta Police Sgt. Christopher Shaw.
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No decision on fireworks in Augusta
AUGUSTA — City councilors Thursday night voted to table a proposed ban on the use and sale of fireworks anywhere in the city, saying there is enough time to make a decision before the law allowing them in the state goes into effect Jan. 1.
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Candidates cite their problem-solving skills
AUGUSTA — New blood is coming to the Augusta City Council, regardless of who wins the race for the at-large seat being left by veteran Councilor Edward Coffin.
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Pair competing to fill slot vacated by mayor
AUGUSTA — A pilot who says he has decades of experience in city affairs and a marketing specialist who says he is passionate about helping move Augusta into the future will vie for a two-year at-large seat on the City Council.
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Augusta family tires of ‘occupy’ neighbors
AUGUSTA — Having their neighborhood “occupied” is getting a little old for the Rheaume family. Living in the only remaining residence next to Capitol Park, the Rheaumes are no strangers to protests or other public events next door to their 118-year-old Union Street home. Marcie Rheaume wonders why requirements for users of the park to get a permit to stay overnight aren’t being enforced.
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Program offers Augusta children chance to learn French
AUGUSTA — French will still be spoken in at least some of the city’s public elementary schools, even though funding for the elementary French program was cut from the school budget last year.
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Neighbor occupied in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Having their neighborhood “occupied” is getting a little old for the Rheaume family. Living in the only remaining residence next to Capitol Park, the Rheaumes are no strangers to protests or other public events next door to their 118-year-old Union Street home.
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Augusta council near decision on paving plant
AUGUSTA — Following heated debate city councilors indicated they’re ready to vote, one way or the other, on a long-tabled proposal that would force a paving plant that has drawn numerous complaints from its neighbors out of business, or at least out of its current location.