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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PublishedNovember 17, 2015
Jurors likely to begin deliberations Wednesday in Waterville murder trial
Roland Cummings, accused of murdering 92-year-old Aurele Fecteau in his Waterville home in May 2014, opted against testifying at his trial.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2015
Videos show suspect at Waterville stores around time when Fecteau, 92, was killed
Roland Cummings, 46, accused of stabbing Aurele Fecteau to death, was also shown returning a pair of boots at the Waterville Wal-Mart.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2015
Litchfield man jailed for welfare benefit fraud
Philip J. Fitzherbert collected from the state while receiving more than $110,000 in annuity benefits.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2015
Slain man’s son, in Waterville murder trial, denies killing father
The defense team for Roland L. Cummings, accused of killing 92-year-old Aurele Fecteau, questioned Fecteau’s youngest son Friday during a murder trial in Augusta.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2015
Son who found father slain in Waterville describes grisly scene
Roland Cummings, 46, is accused of murdering 92-year-old Aurele Fecteau in May 2014.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2015
Gardiner forum on heroin, opiate addiction offers ways to help
More than 100 people attended Tuesday’s forum at Gardiner Regional Middle School.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2015
New York woman jailed 18 months for Augusta heroin sale
Tiona Brown also forfeited $2,826 found in her purse when she was arrested June 11.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2015
Mentor training begins in Augusta program to aid addicts in their recovery
Two Augusta deaths have been linked to heroin overdoses this year, city police say, and 16 more people were revived when Augusta Fire and Rescue used Narcan to counteract opiate overdoses.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2015
Augusta man, convicted of making child pornography, waives jury trial on rape charges
Wade Hoover, already serving 40 years in federal prison, will be tried by a judge beginning Nov. 30.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2015
Jury selection begins in murder trial of Roland Cummings of Waterville
He is charged with the May 2014 slaying of 92-year-old Aurele Fecteau.
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