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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PublishedAugust 19, 2015
Treatment providers, Kennebec sheriff weigh in on upcoming drug abuse summit
Local officials commend Gov. Paul LePage for convening the discussion about the state’s ongoing drug crisis.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2015
Augusta man freed from prison after judge tosses out assault charge convictions
Jonathan M. Carey is out on bail and is due back in court in October following an order by Justice Nancy Mills vacating his convictions for unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2015
Belgrade residents seek details on proposed Town Office project
Voters will be asked whether they approve of the construction at a special town meeting Aug. 29.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2015
Massachusetts man heading to prison for drug trafficking
Taurus Allen was set for a jury trial on Tuesday, among other hearings at the Capital Judicial Center.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2015
Gardiner man pleads guilty to pharmacy robberies
Rudger S. Ellis, 22, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a Feb. 7 robbery in Augusta and a Feb. 18 robbery in Gardiner.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2015
Ex-Chelsea selectwoman’s court appeal set for September in Boston
Carole Swan, currently serving 87 months in federal prison, maintains a judge erred in refusing to suppress her statements to detectives.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2015
Waterville man to spend 13 years in prison for child rape
Brian Robert Buzzell II, 29, was also sentenced to 25 years of supervised release for raping a 5-year-old girl.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2015
Belgrade opts against citing festival for operating without permit
The three-day event, called Caravan, elicited no complaints, according to town officials.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2015
Belgrade voters to act on new Town Office proposal Aug. 29
Selectmen hope to hold the cost of building the office to less than $1.1 million.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2015
3 from Belgrade to craft school funding questions
Selectmen stop short of creating a larger committee to look at the benefits of belonging to Regional School Unit 18.
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