Betty Adams is a general assignment reporter who’s lived in Augusta for the past 35 years and been working for the Kennebec Journal for more than two decades. She covers the courts plus the towns of Belgrade, Fayette and Readfield. As adjunct instructor Elizabeth Adams, she teaches writing courses, including journalism, at the University of Maine at Augusta. In her spare time, when she’s not playing with the grandchildren, bicycling on the rail trail, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, she likes to travel both in the United States and abroad via cruise ship and occasionally on the back of a motorcycle. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and earned a master’s of journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2013
Dixfield forger gets 45 days for false checks, fake ID, resisting arrest
Anthony W. Smith, 28, of Dixfield, was sentenced to three years in jail, with all but 45 days suspended, two years’ probationand almost $1,700 restitution, after pleading guilty to three counts of forgery and one count each of misuse of identification and refusing to submit to arrest or detention.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2013
Lawsuit claims spooked horse caused 2011 Windsor crash
Chayann Colby, of Searsport, is suing Windsor resident Derek P. Granquist, claiming the farmer’s negligence led to the injuries she suffered in an October 2011 crash on Route 32.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2013
Waterville woman reaches into man’s boxers to get her stolen cash
Timothy Stanton, 32, is accused of stealing $105 from a Waterville woman he met at the Bob-In on Saturday, allegedly concealing the cash in his boxer shorts.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2013
Randolph man jailed after allegedly choking his child’s mother
Tommy Lee White, 26, of Randolph, was charged with aggravated assault today for allegedly trying to strangle a 23-year-old woman in front of their child.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2013
Augusta stabbing suspect ordered held on $15,000 bail
Constance Jean Marie Mason, 19, accused of stabbing William D. Foster Jr., 58, of Augusta on Wednesday, made her initial court appearance on Friday.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2013
MDOT seeking Augusta’s OK for $10.5M fleet maintenance facility off Leighton Road
The state Department of Transportation has ambitious plans to consolidate much of its fleet maintenance operations on a single site off Leighton Road in Augusta.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2013
Dad pleads not guilty after allegedly leaving a loaded gun in son’s backpack
Adam J. Keene, of Madison, has been charged with reckless conduct after workers at his son’s daycare found a loaded .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun in the boy’s backpack.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2013
Vacuum cleaner salesman pleads guilty to failure to pay taxes
Nathaniel Dupuis of Gray must pay restitution and cannot sell Kirby vacuums or perform any cold-calling or door-to-door sales after pleading guilty to seven charges totaling more than $87,000.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2013
Guilty plea nets Winslow man 15 years in Waterville shooting
Matthew Partridge entered a guilty plea this morning to manslaughter in the shooting death of South China resident Justin V. Smith and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, all but 15 suspended.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2013
Farmingdale drug dealers among Kennebec County sentencings
Randy Figueroa, 38, of New York City, Nicholas F. Presby, 31, of Whitefield, and Christina L. Sanborn, 42, of Farmingdale, were among those sentenced this week in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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