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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PublishedNovember 3, 2020
Police identify couple found dead in Richmond apartment
Dana Shulman and Robin Bowler were found deceased in their apartment, but police have given no more information about the nature of their deaths.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2020
Augusta-area voters, not deterred by pandemic, line up to vote
Despite what is expected to be a record-breaking number of people voting by absentee before the election, numerous central Maine residents voting in person at the polls on Election Day.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2020
Police find two dead after responding to incident in downtown Richmond
State and local police found a male and female, whom they’re not identifying, Monday, and members of the Major Crimes Unit of the Maine State Police are investigating.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
Indictments handed up for drug trafficking in Augusta, Gardiner, Waterville
Police searches turned up drugs and guns, leading to arrests of New Yorkers, as well as those from central Maine.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2020
Man pleads guilty to lesser charges in Mount Vernon child sexual assault case
If Anthony J. Mecham, initially charged with felony counts of gross sexual assault and visual sexual aggression against a child, complies with the terms of the agreement he may end up with lone charge of unlawful sexual contact.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2020
Sidney man seeks to have key digital evidence thrown out in retrial of child sexual assault charges
Eric Bard was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison for gross sexual assault but had that conviction overturned by the state’s highest court, and is now disputing that authorities had proper consent to obtain evidence from his family home.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2020
Man killed at Winthrop mobile home park was shot
The victim has been identified as Joshua Martin, 30, formerly of Rochester, New York, who was last known to be staying in the Augusta area, according to officials.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2020
Police investigate reported homicide at Winthrop mobile home
Winthrop police responded to a report of a homicide late Saturday night, on Squire Court, off state Route 133. Police remained at the scene Sunday.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2020
Several indicted on drug charges in Kennebec County
Waterville, Oakland and Bronx, New York, residents among those indicted on allegations they trafficked in crack cocaine and fentanyl powder.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2020
Pandemic, shortage of judges, and social distancing slow wheels of justice
Augusta’s Capital Judicial Center the site of the state’s first trial since the coronavirus pandemic halted trials in March.
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