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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PublishedJune 22, 2015
Fired Clinton officer indicted on workers’ comp fraud charges
Scott A. Francis, of Winslow, fired as a Clinton officer in 2013 following an assault charge, also is accused of failing to report income from elver fishing.
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PublishedJune 21, 2015
Kennebec, federal investigators lauded for work on Carole and Marshall Swan cases
They were among 47 people honored recently by the U.S. Attorney.
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PublishedJune 19, 2015
Readfield recreation trustees suspend swim lessons
User fees are not adequately covering the cost of the lessons, a board member said.
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PublishedJune 19, 2015
New Hampshire man charged with assaulting Monmouth 13-year-old sexually
Ismail Maalin remains at the Kennebec County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
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PublishedJune 19, 2015
Three, including baby, hurt in Farmingdale crash
The child was reported to have abrasions, some from the five-point child safety seat restraint, and bumps and bruises.
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PublishedJune 18, 2015
Pennsylvania man arrested in Augusta drug bust gets five-year prison term
Ricquell Lindo, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated trafficking in heroin.
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PublishedJune 18, 2015
Augusta juries convict one man of drunken driving, clear another of bail violation
The separate trials were held at the Capital Judicial Center.
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PublishedJune 17, 2015
Ex-Riverview patient wants to leave prison, return to hospital
Michael James appealed his discharge from the state forensic hospital and on Wednesday asked the state’s highest court to return him there.
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PublishedJune 16, 2015
Ex-Augusta man convicted of child pornography appeals state rape charges
Wade Hoover argues state’s prosecution of 13 gross sexual assault charges constitutes double jeopardy and that he was sentenced in federal court for those acts.
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PublishedJune 15, 2015
Fayette voters approve plan for new road bond
All articles were adopted as written at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday.
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