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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PublishedJanuary 18, 2013
Developer closes $2.5M deal for Augusta hospital property
Kevin Mattson, head of Augusta East Redevelopment Corp., closed a $2.5 million deal Friday to purchase MaineGeneral Medical Center’s East Chestnut Street building.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2013
Cameron expected to plead guilty to fleeing charge
A federal judge on Thursday agreed to postpone a Feb. 5 court date so the state’s former top drug prosecutor can plead guilty to fleeing Maine after learning most of his convictions on child pornography charges had been upheld.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2013
Judge postpones hearing for ex-fugitive Cameron
A federal judge has agreed to postpone a Feb. 5 court date for the state’s former top drug prosecutor who fled the state after a court upheld most of his convictions on child pornography charges.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2013
Slick roads spur accidents
At least six people were hurt in two of multiple accidents Wednesday as snow covered Augusta area roads.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2013
Augusta man faces new sex charges
AUGUSTA — A man who spent almost 15 years in prison for gross sexual assault now is charged with possessing sexually explicit materials of young children.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2013
Two hurt in Litchfield crash on slippery road
LITCHFIELD — Two people were injured in a crash between a tractor-trailer and a car about 7:15 a.m. today on Route 197 near Huntington Hill Road, one of a series of crashes driven by slippery roads in central Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2013
Slipped sandal costs Waterville burglar nine months behind bars
AUGUSTA — A flip-flop sandal left behind by a burglar who broke into a Dunkin’ Donuts shop in Waterville last April helped police identify the suspect as Jessica J. Savage.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2013
Topless coffee shop arsonist appeals conviction to Maine’s top court
Man serving 30-year sentence maintains innocence in 2009 fire, claims he was denied a fair trial
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2013
Fayette special town meeting seeks $6,000 for aerial photos of town
FAYETTE — Residents will get to weigh in on buying high-resolution photos of the town’s topography at a special Town Meeting.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2013
Watchful Augusta neighbor leads to arrest of 18-year-old on burglary, theft charges
AUGUSTA — An 18-year-old Augusta man is behind bars on burglary and theft charges after an alert neighbor reported a stranger prowling around next door, police said.
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