Sam Shepherd covers general news in the Hallowell and Farmingdale area. He grew up in Hallowell, attending Hall-Dale High School and later the University of Maine. He previously worked at the Mount Desert Islander in Bar Harbor before moving home to work for the Kennebec Journal in summer 2018. His interests include cooking, tracking down the best local food and drink and soccer.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2018
Body found last week identified as missing Augusta woman
Police say Elizabeth Munster, 37, was found dead last week on Weeks Mills Road.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2018
Augusta man charged with trafficking heroin, cocaine after allegedly stealing his mother’s car
Randy Dennison, 26, is being held on $5,000 cash bail at Kennebec County jail.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2018
Whitefield family grateful for help in misfortune’s wake
A year after their home was destroyed by fire, support from others is ‘a silver lining,’ they say.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2018
Sex offender lived in tent inside garage at Albion home of young children, police say
Vincent Robinson, 52, was living in a tent on property where 2 foster children resided and was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant, authorities said.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2018
Woman found dead in Gardiner was victim of domestic abuse
Maddilyn Burgess’s parents said her boyfriend, Gyrth Rutan, had history of abusive behavior.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2018
Customers got angry when Waterville restaurant changed up its french fries. Then the world came calling.
The story about Bolley’s Famous Franks’ switch from crinkle cut to straight cut even resulted in a call from a Chinese newspaper asking if some of the fries could be shipped over.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2018
Woman found in trunk during Gardiner traffic stop remembered as daughter and sister
Police discovered the body of Maddilyn Burgess of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, after the driver of the car took his life with a shotgun.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2018
Hallowell ordinance would limit pot shops in downtown
The city’s Marijuana Task Force unveils its plan for where adult-use marijuana establishments could sprout up in Hallowell.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2018
Maine restaurant’s customers get hostile when straight-cut french fries replace crinkle-cut
The owners of Bolley’s Famous Franks in Waterville say customers have threatened to fight them and have them fearing for their family’s safety.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2018
Body found in trunk of car in Gardiner identified as Massachusetts woman
Maddilyn Burgess, 28, died of blunt force injuries, the medical examiner concludes.
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