AUGUSTA — When Capital City Skate shop closed in downtown Augusta earlier this month, it left building owner Toebee Parkhurst with a vacant storefront, joining several other empty storefronts in the city’s downtown.
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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Cape Air to take over Augusta flight service
Cape Air’s nine-passenger Cessna 402s will replace the 34-passenger Saab 340-Bs that Colgan Air now uses.
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Woman dies in Somerville fire
SOMERVILLE – An 86-year-old woman died Saturday night when fire swept through her home on Long Pond. Fire investigators found the body of Pauline Danley in the second-floor bedroom of her home off Frye Road, the state Fire Marshal’s Office said. Firefighters mounted rescue efforts but were turned back by the extreme heat of the […]
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Augusta approves sex-segregated math class
AUGUSTA — A proposal to allow girls and boys to be separated into single-gender classrooms for some math classes won unanimous approval from the Augusta Board of Education on Wednesday.
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Soldier’s Purple Heart awarded with personal touch
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gives the award to wounded Augusta native Pfc. Adam Moreau while at a medical facility in Afghanistan.
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Augusta considering $52,000 study of police
Staffing levels are of particular concern, but a review would cover nearly all police services.
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Augusta residents rip pot proposal
AUGUSTA — Residents blasted a proposal to expand the city’s medical district to their neighborhood, a change that could allow a medical marijuana dispensary to locate at a north Augusta location.
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Tour of quarries exposes the past
HALLOWELL — Some 170 people swarmed throughout the old Hallowell quarries Sunday, mining memories of summer days and an industry gone by.
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Richmond learns by chance that main road into town is closing
The DOT apologizes for the lack of notification and might delay repairs.
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Two arrested in Monmouth pot bust
Police find an indoor marijuana growing operation, and seize approximately 180 plants at various stages of growth.