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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PublishedOctober 9, 2015
Augusta man’s death remains under police investigation
A family member says Steve Quinn shot himself by accident and a crowd-funding campaign has been set up to help pay for burial expenses.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2015
Two toddlers infected by same strain of E. coli, Maine CDC reports
The state epidemiologist for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said it’s ‘highly likely’ the children acquired their illness from the same source, which has yet to be identified.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2015
Winslow man admits threatening family members with loaded gun
Wilfred Morissette will be sentenced next week for reckless conduct in May 2014 at the home of his ex-wife, a former state representative.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2015
Winthrop pharmacy robber ‘Taco’ sentenced on new drug offense
Anthony Caballes-Mabe will spend three years in prison for trafficking in cocaine.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2015
Belgrade OKs fundraising for improved village sidewalks, streetlights
A nonprofit group would be responsible for raising money for enhancements to accompany 2018 road reconstruction of Route 27 in the village.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2015
Maine Family Planning balks at repaying $184K for services state claims are abortion-related
The state says it was improperly billed almost $185,000 for abortion-related services and other items over a five-year period.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2015
Gardiner man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
Christian M. Cooper, 22, earlier spent three years in a home for juvenile sex offenders and now will be banned from possessing devices capable of accessing the Internet.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2015
City woman who hid cocaine inside her body takes plea deal
Sarah Pearl can avoid two felony-level drug convictions is she stays out of trouble for the next 18 months, the district attorney says.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2015
Litchfield man convicted of illegally collecting welfare benefits
Philip J. Fitzherbert will be sentenced in November in Augusta after fraudulently collecting more than $27,000.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2015
Augusta Guard headquarters site readied for blasting work
Although the construction manager describes the blasting as minor, letters went out this week to warn abutters about possible ground vibration.
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