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 6, 2014
Former Sidney man pleads guilty to one count of sex trafficking
Charges stemming from an April raid remain pending against his father, Frederick Horne Sr.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2014
Winthrop woman shot with BB gun after trying to break up fight
Trisha Audette says she was shot when she tried to use a stun gun to stop a domestic dispute.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2014
Skowhegan man indicted in Kennebec County on copper theft charges
Michael Earl Grant is charged with July thefts that occurred at substations in Winslow, Augusta, Windsor and Farmingdale.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2014
Repeat OUI offender, whose mother died in ’85 crash, faces more charges
Dwayne B. Stevens of Augusta faces a class B felony for his alleged eighth OUI, which allegedly occurred Sept. 1.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2014
Augusta pharmacy robber sentenced to 37 months in federal prison
Ryan J. McLaughlin, of Gardiner, pleaded guilty to robbing the Shaw’s Osco Pharmacy in Augusta twice in two days.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2014
Massachusetts man pleads guilty to Augusta home invasion
The trio believed they would find $20,000 in drug money in the Mount Vernon Avenue residence.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2014
Albion man pleads guilty to tax fraud charges
The prosecutor said Michael Turner stole tax money withheld from his employees’ paychecks and failed to file his own returns.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2014
Legislative committee says Riverview’s response too little
Hospital acting superintendent Jay Harper did not attend the meeting, leaving lawmakers to work from written responses to questions.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2014
Readfield debates merits of going to referendum ballot for Town Meeting articles
The selectboard chairman said the Nov. 4 vote is advisory only.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2014
Hallowell man graduates from veterans court program
The sentence marks a new stage for Stephen Gould, who now moves to a new aftercare phase.
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