A probation officer says Samantha E. Tupper, 24, of Augusta, needs to be placed in a ‘long-term inpatient addiction recovery program.’
Betty Adams
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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Le Festival de la Bastille in Augusta set for July 8 and 9
This year features fireworks both Friday and Saturday night and closing performances each night by C. J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band.
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Leroy Smith III, accused of killing his father in Gardiner, claims his dad was poisoning him
Smith, who has been diagnosed with delusional disorder, has been receiving treatment at Riverview Psychiatric Center in an effort to make him competent to stand trial.
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Police correct ID of one suspect in Augusta Wal-Mart shooting
Reginald L. McBride, 38, of New York City, was identified through the National Crime Information Center database as having ‘a lengthy criminal history.’
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Drug trafficking in Augusta brings 23-month prison term
Tymell R. Waters, of Manhattan, was sentenced Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center.
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Marshall Swan to move from prison to home confinement in Chelsea
Swan, sentenced to federal prison for falsifying tax returns, will be allowed to work while he is monitored by federal prison officials.
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Panel finds sex discrimination in Augusta employment, housing cases
The commission sided with Shasta Roy of Richmond who maintained she was illegally fired by Theodore’s Seamless Gutters of Augusta because of her sex.
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Court document: Money dispute at heart of shooting at Wal-Mart parking lot
Three of the four people arrested Sunday in connection with the shooting, which was apparently drug-related, had initial appearances in court Monday.
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Kennebec grand jury indicts 2 on assault, theft charges
An 82-year-old woman was injured when her purse was stolen during the alleged assault, which was among a number of indictment cases from Kennebec County.
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Pair of central Maine Brits split on ‘Brexit’ vote
A Winslow man, Peter Garrett, says he’s disappointed in Britain’s decision to leave the European Union; while a Palermo woman, Susan Phelps, says it’s for the better in the long run.