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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PublishedOctober 28, 2015
Belgrade ‘drafty’ barn nominated for national historic register
The process was started by Kenya Perry, whose family farms the property, for her home-school capstone project.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2015
Gardiner man charged in scissors attack sentenced to serve year of probation
David Dineen II completed anger management, domestic violence court and a certified batterers’ intervention program over the past two years.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2015
Augusta police charge man in 2014 Cumberland Farms robbery
Zachary Carey, 20, of Farmingdale, is being held without bail, police said.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2015
Bowdoinham attorney barred from practicing law for 6 months after complaints
Andrews Campbell’s suspension, which begins Nov. 1, was imposed Tuesday by Justice Donald Alexander at a hearing in Augusta.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2015
Augusta man guilty of bank fraud
Jacob Choate on Monday pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding roughly a dozen banks in 2014.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2015
Hallowell’s Ward 4 seat sought by Greenville Street neighbors
Diano Circo and Andrea Mooney both are running for City Council and say the future of the Stevens School Complex must be addressed.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2015
Neighbor arrested in stabbing death of former Augusta woman
Investigators said the victim had been harassed previously by the suspect, Debra Kincy, 63.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2015
Augusta World War I veterans’ photo resurfaces
The Maine State Library is hoping relatives can help identify the 170 men in the photo.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2015
Former Augusta woman found slain in Florida
The Broward Sheriff’s Office in Florida says there’s an active investigation into the death of Charlotte Nicholas, 64, who graduated from Cony High School in Augusta.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2015
Readfield voters to see firetruck financing on Nov. 3 ballot
The proposal calls for issuing $424,000 in bonds at a maximum 1.9 percent interest rate.
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