Susan Cloutier’s husband and older son were killed in December 2014 in a car accident, and she has relied on family and friends to get through the past 12 months.
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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Belgrade’s new Town Office rises in former gravel pit
The office is scheduled to open in the spring, probably in May, as long as the driveway can get a final coat of paving.
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Gardiner man charged with murdering father to be medicated involuntarily, judge rules
Justice Donald Marden this week ordered Leroy Smith III to be medicated involuntarily in an effort to restore his competence to stand trial.
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Winslow man jailed 2 years for assault
Thomas David Bouchard, 23, assaulted a woman in her apartment on Aug. 10, 2015, leaving her with a number of injuries to her face.
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Gardiner family asks for privacy after losing home, pets to fire
Two dogs and a cat were killed in the Riverview Drive blaze, in which a Gardiner firefighter fell through a roof before being pulled to safety.
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Belgrade board rejects proposal for full-time librarian
The chairman of the Board of Selectpersons said the town could not afford an additional $20,000 when it just foreclosed on six properties where the owners were unable to pay their property taxes.
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No injuries reported in Gardiner school bus/car collision
Sixteen elementary school children were on the bus when the collision occurred at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday.
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Augusta rock toss garners 90 nights in jail
Jonathan Twomey also was convicted of assault on an officer at the Kennebec County jail.
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Homeless veteran says Augusta police used excessive force during arrest
Michael J. Albert Sr. says that he had agreed to depart the Bread of Life Veterans Shelter in Augusta and was getting up to do so when he was taken to the ground and arrested by several officers.
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Randolph man charged with burglary, not robbery, of credit union
Jamis S. Morrill allegedly demanded money in a note handed to a teller, then walked away with $600.