A criminal charge against John P. Jabar Jr., 52, of Belgrade, resulting from a 2010 boat crash on Great Pond that left three people injured, was dismissed Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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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Augusta child pornographer faces 12 new charges of sexual assault
Wade Robert Hoover, 35, of Augusta, awaiting sentencing later this month in federal court on child pornography charges, has been charged with a dozen new counts of sexually assaulting a boy from 2008 to 2010.
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Augusta robbery suspect rearrested on OUI charge
A former West Gardiner woman, Cynthia B. Chepke, 56, now of Augusta, who is out on bail on robbery and theft charges was arrested again Saturday and charged with drunken driving in Augusta.
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NY woman pleads guilty in drug conspiracy run by son in Waterville
Robin Brown, 54, of New York plead guilty on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to being part of 20-person drug conspiracy coordinated by her son, Maurice McCray, of Waterville.
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Nun slayer Bechard granted unsupervised time in Augusta
Over the objections of District Attorney Maeghan Maloney, Justice Donald Marden gave nun-slayer Mark A. Bechard unsupervised time in the Augusta community, and asked the community not to harass him.
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Former Oakland woman gets 20 months for defrauding state of $80,000
Lori A. Boutot, 30, formerly of Oakland, now of Stratford, Conn., will spend 20 months behind bars for defrauding the state of more than $80,000 in benefits over 4 1/2 years.
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Augusta man gets 120 days in jail for burglarizing Windsor Veterinary Clinic
John F. Gilboy, 38, of Augusta pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary and unlawful possession of prescription drugs, when he broke into the Windsor Veterinary Clinic in March.
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North Pond Hermit’s court appearance Tuesday could be last for a while
Christopher T. Knight, the man dubbed the North Pond Hermit, was brought to court Tuesday, only to hear that it could be months before the State Forensic Service completes his mental health evaluation, a key step before the case can proceed.
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Waterville Salvation Army leaders to replace departing Augusta captains
Matthew and Wendy Morrison, both 34, and their two children, Hannah, 10, and Cody, 7, will leave Augusta on June 23 after four years of supplying people in the community with food, furniture, vouchers for fuel and a host of other items with the local Salvation Army chapter.
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World War II serviceman prepares to tour European battlefields
Now 88 and packing for a tour of European battlefields, including the site of the Battle of the Bulge, where he served, Henry Breton’s memories are clear and his speech retains the French accent that endeared him to the people of Belgium.