Artists, antique lovers and others flocked to the auction for signs, printers, pulleys and other industrial equipment.
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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Seven running for office in Fayette
Four people are seeking two selectmen’s seats and three people, including the incumbent, are seeking a single seat on the Fayette School Committee.
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New York woman pleads guilty to selling heroin from Waterville apartment
Dasheene Bowman also agrees to forfeit almost $32,000 police found in the apartment.
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Fayette sets public hearing to prepare for June 18 Town Meeting
At that time, voters in Fayette will weigh in on both the school and municipal budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.
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DHHS says it responded ‘thoroughly and appropriately’ to Augusta lab violations
During a 2013 inspection, there were three violations with “major” potential for harm that initially carried penalties of between $32,000 and $46,000, according to the federal EPA.
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Voters in Maranacook-area schools to consider $16.5 million budget Wednesday
If it’s approved Wednesday, it will be on the ballot June 14 for validation.
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State testing lab in Augusta to pay fine, buy equipment for emergency responders
Fire departments in Augusta and Waterville will get new equipment following the EPA’s finding.
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Man found not criminally responsible for Skowhegan Fairgrounds arson to move into group home
Charles D. Miles, 36, who started a 1999 fire that caused more than $2 million in damage at Skowhegan State Fairgrounds, is currently serving a sentence at the Maine State Prison for damaging property at Riverview Psychiatric Center.
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Monmouth man’s family sues Belgrade firm over 2014 fatality
Philip M. Coward died when a load of rebar fell from a forklift and onto him at the site of Mid-Maine Foundations Inc., on Howard Road in Monmouth.
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Attorneys review mental health status of murder defendant Leroy Smith III
Smith, 26, of South Gardiner, is accused of killing his father in 2014 and a judge has ordered him to take medication to make him competent to stand trial.