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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PublishedMarch 11, 2015
Augusta man’s sentence puts him in jail addiction recovery program
Justice Robert Mullen called heroin “a scourge” and said he understood Corey Vannah’s motivation for selling heroin was to support his addiction.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2015
Former Augusta man gets two years for DOT site copper wire theft
Investigators found empty wire spools in the suspect’s bedroom and outside.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2015
Former Wayne man indicted on aggravated assault charge involving infant son
A former Riverview Psychiatric Center nurse is accused of throwing the baby down the stairs last October.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2015
Randolph couple faces charges of welfare fraud
A Kennebec County grand jury recently handed up indictments for welfare fraud and drug trafficking against numerous people.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2015
Rome voters will weigh in on new cell tower rules, town officeholders
Elections are set for March 13, with the Town Meeting to be held March 14.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2015
Selectman, road commissioner contests top Vienna ballot
The polls are open 4-8 p.m. March 13 at the Vienna Community Room on the Kimball Pond Road with the annual Town Meeting beginning at 9 a.m. the next day.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2015
Former East Vassalboro postal worker to go to prison
Jason Kevin Stockmar of Augusta pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to stealing mail and embezzling postal money orders.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2015
Duo sentenced in Christmas Eve break-in at Augusta beverage shop
Justin Murphy broke into Damon’s Beverage Mart and stole the liquor; his uncle, Anthony Murphy, drank the stolen liquor.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2015
Vassalboro man sentenced on drug, domestic violence charges
Shane Wood was ordered to spend an initial 30 months behind bars after pleading guilty to beating a woman twice and having a huge amount of drugs in his home.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2015
Convicted child rapist admits assaulting Augusta woman
Lorne Sherwood, convicted in 1997 of raping and attempting to murder a 14-year-old girl, will spend 12 more years behind bars for assaulting a neighbor in December.
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