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 1, 2014
Ex-Chelsea selectwoman Carole Swan loses bid to delay prison
Convicted of extortion and fraud, she’s trying to prevent the government from taking her home and other property.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2014
Connecticut man pleads guilty to impersonating officer
A number of other people were sentenced recently in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2014
Bridge carries rain water into Kennebec County Courthouse
The granite was removed for completion of a span connecting the courthouse and new court building.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2014
Former Maine psychologist charged with MaineCare fraud
David Alan Bradley pleaded not guilty to theft by deception in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2014
Sidney man ruled competent to stand trial
Eric Bard, 24, is accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl he was babysitting.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2014
New officers take over Capital Region Salvation Army Corps
The couple plans community outreach events at the new headquarters on Eastern Avenue in Augusta.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2014
Riverview Psychiatric Center gets scathing federal report
Regulators reject Maine state hospital’s recertification request, citing unreported medication errors and too few pharmacy workers, among other things.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2014
Augusta Colonial Theater throws open its doors
Volunteers hope to restore and reuse the 1913 movie theater on Water Street.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014
Litchfield woman faces felony sex trafficking charge
Police say Gretchen L. Patrick promoted the prostitution of a 17-year-old.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2014
Clinton man sentenced for antiques theft
Peter V. Corson stole pens, bayonets and other items from a Benton antiques dealer.
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