Richard L. Harrison, 44, of Manchester, will spend 16 months behind bars for abandoning his seriously injured friend trapped inside a crashed pickup in June 2011.
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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Topless coffee shop arsonist’s appeal rejected
The man convicted of burning down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro has lost his bid to overturn that conviction.
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Neighbor: Family believed ‘North Pond Hermit’ had run off to New York
Christopher Knight may also have practiced for a year on his family’s Albion property before disappearing into the Maine woods alone for 27 years.
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Former trooper appeals sexual contact, assault convictions
Gregory Vrooman, 47, of Nobleboro, is appealing his 2012 conviction on eight counts of unlawful sexual contact and four counts of assault, saying jurors should not have been told that he had watched erotic images on both his home and work computers.
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North Augusta drainage work signals start of $13M exit 113 upgrade
Crews are clearing trees, digging ditches, shifting gravel and directing traffic as part of a project designed to link routes 3 and 27 in Augusta, and allow Interstate 95’s exit 113 to function in all directions.
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Would-be Hallowell store owner to explain how he’ll pay $150K settlement
Thomas Hibbert, whose plans to reopen Boynton’s Market in Hallowell in 2011 were derailed, and his wife, Colleen Hibbert, have been subpoenaed to an April 4 disclosure hearing in Augusta District Court to tell a judge how he will pay a $150,000 civil judgment against him.
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11-year-old alleged baby killer not competent for trial – for now
Kelli Murphy, of Fairfield, is charged with manslaughter in the July 8 killing of 3-month-old Brooklyn Foss-Greenaway of Clinton.
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District Attorney to tackle domestic violence
District Attorney Maeghan Maloney plans to turn her attention to domestic-violence initiatives she spoke about during her campaign.
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Augusta man awaits sentencing after admitting pill fraud
Benjamin Peaslee Sr., admitted to selling a dozen of the name-brand pill Oxycontin each month so he could get cash to buy the next month’s supply, while he was receiving federal benefits.
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Knox man suspect in Palermo home invasion
Donald York Jr., 30, of Knox, who is accused of breaking into a Carrs Corner Road home just before 4:18 a.m. Wednesday is expected to be charged with aggravated criminal mischief, aggravated criminal trespass, assault, burglary and violating conditions of release.