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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PublishedSeptember 7, 2015
Historic Kennebec County Courthouse in Augusta to host Maine Supreme Judicial Court again
In addition, a ceremonial opening is set for Sept. 18 in the adjoining Capital Judicial Center.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2015
Belgrade seeking bids for building Town Office
The construction project, which was approved at a special town meeting, calls for spending up to $1.2 million on a 5,000-square-foot building and related improvements in the town’s former gravel pit off Route 27.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2015
Winthrop woman sues Wal-Mart over denial of health benefits for wife in 2013
Wal-Mart says it started providing same-sex health benefits on Jan. 1, 2014, and that the case should be delayed pending the outcome of a similar case in Massachusetts.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2015
Belgrade committee to look at what the town pays to educate its students in RSU 18
This year, the proposed $34.7 million school budget for the district was rejected in a ratification vote in May, but voters approved a slightly smaller budget in June.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2015
Manchester, NH, man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting girl
A judge reduced the bail amount and set conditions that prohibit him from using the Internet.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2015
Monmouth fatal crash puts Winthrop woman behind bars for 32 months
Alyssa Marcellino, 24, had pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license and causing the death of Joan Fortier.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2015
Thieves seize kayaks and canoes near Lovejoy Pond in Fayette
Town Manager Mark Robinson says he was told some six or seven kayaks and canoes have been stolen over the past two weeks.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2015
Historic and new cottages featured on Sept. 12 ‘Homes of Wayne Tour’
The biennial tour benefits the local library and community church.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2015
Augusta police consider new program to help drug addicts
The ‘angel’ program, first started in Massachusetts, pairs addicts with people who can guide them through rehabilitation.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2015
Readfield voters consider money for code enforcement, assessing dam work
All the ballot questions carry recommendations for passage from the Select Board and the Budget Committee.
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