The interim sheriff says the man’s status appears to be critical after he was taken to the hospital.
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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MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta anticipates federal fine of up to $450,000
The hospital received a poor rating because of the number of patients who suffered avoidable infections in 2013.
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Augusta man ordered to serve 12 months on drug trafficking convictions
The prosecutor says Eric Anderson supplied a place for illegal transactions to take place.
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Former St. Dom’s junior varsity coach arrested in Monmouth on drug-trafficking charges
Police say they found 115 grams of cocaine and 1.1 pounds of marijuana at the home of John Brissette.
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Belgrade puts 6 tax-acquired properties up for bid
The town is conveying its interest in a seventh property to a neighboring landowner who had been paying the taxes on it.
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Gardiner high school locked down briefly Wednesday morning
No one was hurt in the incident, in which administrators sought help from police to calm a student who later was removed from the school.
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New Hampshire man pleads guilty to assault charge involving Monmouth 13-year-old
Ismail Maalin originally was charged with gross sexual assault, but the state dismissed that charge.
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Boston man to serve 5 years in prison for drug trafficking offenses in Waterville
Domingos Cabral Jr., 26, was charged with aggravated trafficking in six grams or more of heroin and unlawful trafficking in cocaine base following a month-long investigation by police.
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Engaging a prostitute conviction carries hefty fee
A law passed in 2014 includes a special assessment that means $500 for first offenders and $1,000 for repeat offenders.
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Riverview patient whom police shot in January seeks return to community
A judge heard testimony Friday on a request from Jason Begin, 37, who was found not criminally responsible in 2004 for hijacking a plane and crashing in Canada in an apparent suicide attempt.