Robert Bond, a Canadian illegally living in the United States, received benefits by using the personal information of an Ohio man, authorities said.
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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Fayette mulls choices for disposing of trash, recyclables
Selectmen are to vote April 11 on where haulers can take trash and recyclables generated in town.
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Gardiner man sentenced on child pornography charge
Barry S. Williams will spend an initial 6 months in jail following a Thursday sentencing hearing.
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Mental health advocates question Maine DHHS on plan for peer-run recovery centers
A state proposal would reduce the number of centers from 12 to eight, which would place Kennebec and Somerset counties in the same health service district.
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Justin Pillsbury found guilty of 2013 murder of Jillian Jones in Augusta
During testimony on Thursday, Pillsbury told the court, ‘I didn’t intend to kill the love of my life,’ but jurors took less than four hours to find him guilty.
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Accused frying pan attacker makes Augusta court appearance
Charges against Kristopher Russ, 33, include robbery, burglary and aggravated assault.
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Pillsbury tells police he ‘might have stabbed her’ in recording played for jurors
During the third day of testimony at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta, jurors heard about 90 minutes of an interview conducted two days after Jillian Jones was stabbed to death.
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Neighbors testify about day Jillian Jones was killed in Augusta
People living in neighboring apartments testified Tuesday that they drank alcohol that afternoon with Jones and Justin Pillsbury, who is accused of killing Jones in their Crosby Street apartment.
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Prosecutors describe Pillsbury as ‘green-eyed monster’ in Jillian Jones stabbing death in Augusta apartment
But defense attorneys say Justin Pillsbury acted in self-defense during an alcohol-fueled fight in November of 2013.
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Belgrade to vote on Board of Selectpersons candidates, town business
Polls will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 18, with the business portion of Town Meeting set for 1 p.m. March 19 at the Center for All Seasons.