Betty Adams is a general assignment reporter whoās 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 sheās 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 masterās of journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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PublishedMay 30, 2015
RSU 2 budget vote on $25.9 million set for Monday
The regional school budget meeting, which includes voting on 18 warrant articles, begins at 6 p.m. at Richmond High School.
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PublishedMay 30, 2015
Augusta audience hears author Paul Theroux talk of growing through travel
The event capped off Lithgow Public Library’s A Capital Read 2015 program.
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PublishedMay 28, 2015
Waterville woman sentenced to prison in China stabbing
Tiffany Glidden is the second woman to head to prison in that attack, which prosecutors say resulted from a drug deal gone bad.
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PublishedMay 26, 2015
Four people, including Winthrop mother and son, indicted on welfare theft charges
A grand jury in Kennebec County indicted a number of people Friday.
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PublishedMay 26, 2015
Special Olympics torch run kicks off in Augusta
More than 100 people gathered between the State House and Burton Cross State Office Building for the kickoff Tuesday morning, hearing Gov. Paul LePage read a proclamation about the event.
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PublishedMay 25, 2015
Readfield schedules ballot info meetings for Wednesday, Thursday
For the first time, all 57 articles on the Readfield Town Meeting warrant will be decided by secret ballot June 9 at the polls.
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PublishedMay 22, 2015
New outhouse needed for old Vienna Union Hall Association
A sign inside says “TIN CAN ALLEY,” but the small structure is not without a touch of class provided by the framed photo of Mona Lisa.
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PublishedMay 21, 2015
Augusta man sentenced in steak knife attack
The victim suffered wounds to the jugular vein, chest and arm in the assault in September.
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PublishedMay 20, 2015
Waterville man pleads not guilty to robbing Newport Rite Aid
James J. Senior, 39, was indicted last week by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Bangor on the robbery charge.
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PublishedMay 20, 2015
Gardiner man pleads not guilty to two pharmacy robberies
Rudger S. Ellis, 22, is accused of robbing pharmacies in Gardiner and Augusta.
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