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 5, 2014
Judge mulls release of report on sexual assault allegation against Hallowell police chief
The state argues it should be kept confidential for privacy reasons, while the Kennebec Journal says there’s a compelling public interest to release it.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2014
Riverview patient accused of threatening staff, damaging hospital property
Charles Miles, 35, was sent to the hospital in 1999 after being found not criminally responsible for burning down the Skowhegan Fairgrounds.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2014
Augusta mother appeals state’s ‘do-not-resuscitate order’ for severely injured baby
Aleah M. Peaslee was 6 months old when she was rushed to the hospital on Dec. 21 with injuries doctors found were consistent with being shaken.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2014
Wayne sues to get former fire chief’s property cleaned up
The lawsuit is similar to one the town filed in August 1997, when it charged that Earle Welch Jr.’s property on North Wayne Road was a public nuisance and an illegal junkyard.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2014
Waterville woman gets prison term for aggravated trafficking in oxycodone
Linda Batissa was sentenced Wednesday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2014
Former Winthrop man facing arson charges in May fire
Ronald Oberst, 47, faces other charges, including indecent conduct, in Franklin County since returning to the area from Arizona.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2014
Two Augusta Rite Aid pharmacies become robbery targets
Police suspect the two incidents, one of which resulted in the store surrendering drugs to the robber, might involve the same person.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2014
Windsor Fair horse pulling contest has longtime avid fans
Good weather made for big gates at the eight-day fair, which may have set attendance records based on unofficial estimates.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2014
Belgrade road reconstruction meeting set for Tuesday
The project consists of improving a section of Main Street between the West Road intersection and the bridge over Mill Stream.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2014
St. Mark’s Home residents wonder what’s next
The Augusta home for women is closing at the end of the year after 144 years of operation.
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