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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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
New Yorker sentenced to 23 months in Augusta drug conspiracy case
Alex Brumfield’s federal term is to be concurrent with his state sentence.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
Walgreens robbery suspect sought oxycodone after failing to get heroin, Augusta police say
Dylan Karczewski, 26, of Augusta, told police he wanted to avoid becoming sick.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2018
Augusta man appeals sexual assault conviction
Arthur Jones maintains a medical record by a nurse examiner should have been excluded from evidence.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2018
Defense says no evidence ties Scott Bubar to weapons in police shootout in Belgrade
Trial resumes Thursdsay on charge of aggravated attempted murder of deputy.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2018
Great Pond watershed survey to start Monday in Belgrade area
Teams of trained volunteers will walk the shoreline in developed areas.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2018
Bubar, charged with attempting to murder Kennebec deputy sheriff, to go to trial Monday
Scott Bubar was wounded and his father, Roger, was killed in exchange of gunfire May 19, 2017, in Belgrade.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
No action taken after public hearing on Readfield rezoning proposal
Bob Bittar is seeking a zone change for seven lots, including two of his, that would allow him to continue to host concerts at his barn.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
Winthrop teen to plead guilty in Halloween slayings of parents, dog
Andrew Balcer, 19, is expected to plead guilty on Sept. 19 to killing both his parents and the family’s dog on Halloween morning in 2016.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2018
Litchfield man sentenced on visual sexual aggression charge
Daniel Gauthier, 46, was ordered to spend an initial three years behind bars.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2018
Winslow man admits keeping drug money for imprisoned son
Robert Delile was placed on deferred disposition on the conspiracy charge and agreed to do 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty Tuesday.
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