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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PublishedJuly 24, 2015
Sidney man gets 50 years in prison for sexual assaults on 4-year-old
Eric L. Bard, 25, pleaded guilty to the charges about a year ago and a judge on Friday agreed with the state’s recommendation for prison time.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2015
Readfield informational meeting Monday sets up new vote on Sept. 1
The voters will address some items rejected in June that include appropriating money for assessing and code enforcement.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2015
Rome voters agree to take donations to help fund defense of cellphone tower lawsuits
Selectmen anticipate accepting $3,700 offered previously when they meet on Monday.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2015
Dinner party shooting nets Winthrop man 10-year prison term
After drinking coffee brandy in January 2014, Paul N. Coyne and Josh Belyea got into a tussle with a gun, resulting in Belyea being shot in the leg.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2015
Manchester Rite Aid robber ordered to serve 12 months behind bars
Brooke L. Frost, now of Unity, had pleaded guilty to the Sept. 6, 2014, robbery in January.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2015
Augusta man faces murder trial in March 2016
Justin Pillsbury is accused of killing Jillian Jones, a Bingham native, in November 2013 in their apartment.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2015
Assault on Riverview nurse, three more assaults in jail bring 66-month prison term
The judge recommended that Frank C. Stewart Jr., 23, be placed in the prison’s special mental health unit.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2015
South Portland man gets jail time for assault on state trooper in Gardiner
In an unrelated case, a Mount Vernon man pleaded guilty to burglarizing a garage at a state trooper’s home in West Gardiner.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2015
Oakland man heading for trial in Augusta after three years in jail
A judge found Joseph McInnis, 60, competent to stand trial on sexual assault charges.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2015
Widower sues Augusta, state, contractor after wife dies in motorcycle accident caused by pothole
The lawsuit says the defendants failed to inspect and repair a pothole on Western Avenue that Karen Nightingale’s motorcycle struck on July 6, 2014.
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