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 6, 2015
Winslow soccer club’s former treasurer pleads guilty to stealing funds
Charles G. Spaulding was ordered to spend an initial six months behind bars and to repay $14,724.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2015
Nurse pleads guilty to stealing drugs from Waterville clinic
Under a deferred disposition agreement, Trina Littlefield can avoid a felony conviction if she complies with a number of requirements over the next 12 months.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2015
Robbery costs Augusta man 16 months behind bars
Samuel R. Smith, 25, was the second of two men to plead guilty to robbing a third man April 17.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Hallowell City Council seat goes to Diano Circo
He defeated Andrea Mooney 90-24.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2015
Leroy Smith III, accused of killing his father, to be in court Dec. 1
A judge is allowing the prosecutor to review some of Smith’s treatment records from Riverview, where he has been held since May 2014.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2015
Augusta forum focuses on need to increase broadband access
The presentation by three advocates of broadband was sponsored by the UMA Senior College Forum on the Future.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2015
Augusta man sentenced on heroin, assault charges
Ricardo David Perry will spend three years in jail for those offenses and violating probation.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2015
Augusta man spared prison time for sale of stolen tools
John Howard has rehabilitated himself over the past 13 months, his attorney says, but must pay back more than $11,000 in restitution.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2015
Belgrade/Rome food pantry moves out of basement into community center
The pantry, which will open Tuesday at the North Belgrade Community Center, is on a less-traveled road but in an improved space.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2015
Jefferson man cleared of drunken driving charge
In other court news, a West Gardiner man was ordered to pay more than $5,600 in restitution to the Kennebec Valley Humane Society after he pleaded guilty to failing to comply with an order involving a dangerous dog.
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