Unanticipated costs could bring the project in about $80,000 over the $1.2 million budgeted, according to the selectboard chairman.
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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No cause identified yet in fatal Manchester crash
A 22-year-old Mount Vernon woman was killed and three others were hurt in the crash on U.S. Route 202 Tuesday near the Augusta line.
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Augusta man sentenced for March robbery of Quick Mart
Corey Swift was convicted previously of felony murder in the shooting death of Franco-American singer Jean-Paul Poulain in Augusta.
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Cancer survivor, classmates lauded at Oak Hill High School commencement ceremony
Graduation rite is a family affair for Abigail Fuller, as her proud grandparents, both retired teachers, watch.
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Sidney man to serve 30 months in prison following Augusta attack
Marlon B. Cloutier, 25, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, burglary and theft following an attack over a $30 debt, police said.
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Freeport woman receives highest Civil Air Patrol cadet award at Augusta airport
Olivia Fowler, on a four-day layover between Rome and Seattle, was presented the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award on Saturday in a ceremony at the Augusta State Airport.
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Augusta medical marijuana trade show is still on, group says after page hacking
The Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine’s Facebook page for the trade show was hacked to say falsely the weekend trade show was canceled, organizers said Friday.
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Readfield group plans restoration, trails for Mill Stream Dam area
The dam was breached in the flood of 1987, but now efforts are underway to stabilize the area and provide public access with trails.
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In Readfield, 4 candidates vie for pair of select board seats
Election will be June 14 along with voting on annual Town Meeting articles.
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New York man imprisoned for 2 years for drug trafficking in Augusta
Frederick Rogers was one of seven people charged after Augusta police conducted raids at the Senator Inn and Spa and an apartment on Gage Street in November.