Ryan Wayne Mullens, 16, died after his all-terrain vehicle crashed into a vehicle driven by another 16-year-old.
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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Sidney child appears to have recovered after swallowing heroin, DA says
In a separate case, her parents were charged with child endangerment in Massachusetts, but those charges were dismissed later.
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Sidney couple’s 1-year-old allegedly ingested heroin
Jason D. Thomas and Katie J. Robinson are charged with endangering the welfare of a child and unlawful possession of heroin.
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Michael Sean McQuade, defendant in Augusta murder, facing burglary, theft charges
A grand jury in Kennebec County handed up a number of indictments on Friday.
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Kennebec jail substance abuse program restarts
Augusta’s mayor is helping to find landlords who could provide clean/sober housing for community portion of CARA.
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Winthrop’s Al Godfrey tracks Maranacook ice-out
Godfrey, the keeper of more than 90 years of ice-out records, says this year tied with 2010 as the earliest ice-out for Maranacook Lake — March 21.
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South China man pleads guilty in sex offense involving girl
Cary J. Allen, 30, made the plea under a deferred disposition arrangement that allows him to withdraw his plea to a more serious charge if he stays out of criminal trouble for the next year.
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Ellis Construction sues town of Farmingdale over sewer contract
The construction firm says the contract should have been renewed by the town and also charges that selectmen violated the state public records law.
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Fairfield mother loses bid to overturn conviction for abducting her children
BethMarie Retamozzo received a fair trial despite a ‘fleeting comment’ about her being in jail, the Maine Supreme Court ruled.
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Widower of Monmouth crash victim sues 2 drivers
John Fortier, of Mount Vernon, is seeking damages from insurers in connection with the March 2014 crash that killed his wife, Joan Fortier.