Justin Murphy broke into Damon’s Beverage Mart and stole the liquor; his uncle, Anthony Murphy, drank the stolen liquor.
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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Gardiner man sentenced to 3 years for robbing Bridgton Rite Aid
Robert Richard of Gardiner had pleaded guilty to the crime.
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Maine’s Capital Judicial Center opens for business
Two related projects are still underway, including a public parking area with 92 spaces.
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Annual music festival spurs Belgrade to eye rules
The town considers limits on hours and noise for concerts and other events attracting large crowds.
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Maine human rights panel rejects service animal claim
The commission says that a woman’s Chihuahua did not block her from a rental.
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Maine man who conspired to sell oxycodone, heroin gets 4 years
According to prosecutors, Ryan Partridge described himself as a major drug trafficker in the Augusta area.
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Fairfield mother to serve five months for taking children out of state
BethMarie Retamozzo violated a court order and was sentenced to jail Friday on two counts of criminal restraint by a parent.
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Kennebec County inmate guilty of possessing heroin in jail
William Wilkinson’s girlfriend allegedly smuggled a heroin packet in to him on her necklace, and he hid it inside a deodorant stick in his cell.
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Fairfield woman convicted of abducting her own children
A jury deliberated less than half an hour before finding BethMarie Retamozzo guilty of two counts of criminal restraint by a parent.
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Capital Judicial Center art shows the history, flow of the Kennebec
Christopher Cart’s mural in the new Augusta courthouse is just one of many works by local artists that adorn the walls funded by the Percent for Art program.