Video conferencing between the Kennebec County jail and Capital Judicial Center, due to COVID-19 prevention efforts, has had glitches that impact defendants’ communications.
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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Scooter-riding rappers seek to dispel Augusta negativity in music video
Ben Bowman, also known as Ben, the Maker, made the video in hopes it would help people get past both the negative stereotypes some may have of hip hop music and any negative views toward the city of Augusta.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Man, 59, wounded when shot in Chelsea
The man, whom police did not identify, contacted the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office early Monday to say he had been shot near a residence on Wellman Road.
Posted inMaine
Jefferson motorcyclist killed after striking construction barricade, police say
Michael Bowden, 62, was in the crash Tuesday on State Route 218 in Alna, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Posted inMaine
Sabattus motorcyclist and his passenger killed in collision with an SUV in Gardiner
It appears that the motorcycle veered into the lane of oncoming traffic, police say.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Convicted killer at Riverview Psychiatric Center pleads guilty to escape
Mark Ian Gessner, who was acquitted at trial on charges that he threatened his father while out of Riverview on a two-hour pass in 2018, pleaded guilty to escape in connection to that incident.
Posted inMaine
Augusta area sewage testing suggests low prevalence of coronavirus
So far only one sample of wastewater, out of eight, taken weekly from the Greater Augusta Utility District’s treatment plant has tested positive for detectable amounts of coronavirus.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Uncategorized
Augusta police: Three teens face charges after taking cars for joy ride
Officers said the youths, ages 13 or 14, were caught after one of them crashed into a building on Mount Vernon Avenue.
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Rare bird swimming in Togus Pond in Augusta
The Clark’s grebe, only the second one ever recorded in Maine, normally sticks to the west.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Two killed in Jefferson crash
Two Thomaston residents were killed in a head-on collision Friday.