Christopher R. Harmon, 37, was sentenced today to eight years in prison, with all but three years suspended and three years’ probation for the Jan. 5 home invasion robbery in Winthrop.
Betty Adams
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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Belgrade double-fatal drunk driver to spend 4 years behind bars
Travis Lawler, 23, was ordered today to serve four years behind bars for a drunken-driving crash that killed his sister and her boyfriend on June 16, 2012 in Belgrade.
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Le Club Calumet celebrates 90th anniversary with mural of its history
Le Club Calumet has commissioned a 33-by-10 1/2 foot mural, to be created on the rear wall of the stage in the main function room, in celebration of the Franco-American club’s 90th anniversary.
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Carole Swan found guilty on 5 tax fraud, 2 workers’ comp fraud charges
Carole Swan was found guilty late Friday of filing false income turns for tax years 2006-2010 and guilty of making false statements to obtain federal workers’ compensation in 2008 and 2010.
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Jury tells judge: We’ll render Carole Swan verdict tonight
The jury in the Carole Swan trial, deliberating late tonight, sent the judge a note around 9 p.m. saying they were going to have a verdict before the night was over.
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Swan in-law paints different picture of abuse
Carole Swan’s sister-in-law testified in court Thursday that Swan yelled at her husband and was competitive. Swan told the court that she cannot remember specifics about the bid opening for the 2007 Windsor Road culvert project awarded to her husband.
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Swan says she to lied to police about bribes, bank forms
Former Chelsea selectwoman says she lied to sheriff’s deputies because she worried about being out of contact with her husband, who she says abused her over a period of years.
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Swan claims she was abused, misguided and misunderstood
Former Chelsea selectwoman Carole Swan told jurors her story Tuesday, saying she was abused, misguided and misunderstood.
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Carole Swan abused, severely disabled, mother testifies
Carole Swan’s mother, Patricia McLaughlin, of Randolph, testified today that her daughter was a victim of domestic abuse, frequently too disabled from a long-standing work injury to cook for her family or do her own laundry, and had no involvement — except to pay the bills — with a harness horse racing business.
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Fayette’s Hales Pond park effort at standstill, as landowners remain on plot
Despite grant funding approval and more than $48,000 in local contributions to help fund opening Hales Pond to public access, David and Rebecca Manter remain firmly on their 28-acre Young Road property, caught in a catch-22.