VA Maine Healthcare-Togus looks to lessen the potential for infection in main hospital building by adding the new unit outside.
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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Why is Augusta named Augusta, and why was it chosen as Maine’s capital?
The exact origins of Augusta’s name remain somewhat of a mystery.
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Augusta orders some city businesses to close to public at night
Take-out service still allowed but the city has banned people from gathering at some businesses after 8 p.m.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Trials at Maine courts delayed until May; DA urges fewer arrests
Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney is asking law enforcement to whenever possible summon people to appear in court, rather than arrest them on a crime, as the spread of coronavirus results in delays of court trials.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Mercer man, 18, charged with assault in drive-by shooting that injured Waterville girl
Gavin T. Loabe faced an aggravated assault charge in court Monday, as testimony alleged that Loabe and an unnamed accomplice were involved in a shooting that mistakenly injured a 7-year-old girl inside a Summer Street home.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Manchester fire chief arrested on charge of drunken driving
Francis R. Wozniak, 38, who is known as Frank, was arrested Feb. 23 on a charge of OUI following a traffic stop in Portland. Police said they stopped Wozniak’s car because he was driving without his lights on at 11:27 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22.
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Man gets 3 years in prison for burglaries of Augusta restaurants
An Apple iPad that John P. Cella, 54, took from an Augusta restaurant had a tracking device that led police to his girlfriend, to whom he had given the tablet computer and a stolen laptop.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Killer wins court approval to go to Portland for daughter’s medical treatment
Derek Soucy was found not criminally responsible for the 2001 beating death of an 88-year-old man in Portland.
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Former Bread of Life official pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
Jeffrey A. Tyler, 48, of Augusta denied allegations he sexually assaulted a female victim at least three times, beginning when she was a minor.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Times Record
Driver in Litchfield double-fatal accident indicted on felony manslaughter charges
Shawn W. Metayer, 60, police said, had a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit when he got behind the wheel of a vehicle involved in the accident that claimed the lives of Derek and Stephanie Trudeau.