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 20, 2015
Augusta man sentenced in Bangor federal court for pharmacy robbery
Dominic J. Pomerleau, 22, was described by the judge as a “one-man crime spree.”
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PublishedMay 19, 2015
Belgrade hoping to use local contractors to erect new Town Office
Voters would be asked to bypass the $10,000 for competitive bidding to try to keep as much of the work as possible in town.
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PublishedMay 18, 2015
Defendants prevail in lawsuit over fatal 2011 New Year’s Eve crash in Gardiner
A judge ruled that the icy weather was responsible for the crash that left two men dead.
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PublishedMay 17, 2015
Mainers with Lyme disease commiserate at Manchester support group meeting
A woman from Wayne is headed to Nevada in hopes of finding relief.
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PublishedMay 15, 2015
Riverview patients allegedly involved in drug dealing remain under tight restrictions
Both men were committed to DHHS custody after being found not criminally responsible for murdering a parent in separate cases.
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PublishedMay 14, 2015
Chelsea man indicted on pharmacy robbery charges
Steven C. Chaput is the second man charged in the February robberies at Rite Aids in Augusta and Gardiner.
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PublishedMay 14, 2015
Former Augusta mayor, legislator, Stanley Sproul dies at 95
Sproul’s legacy includes the Augusta Civic Center and Mayfair neighborhood.
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PublishedMay 13, 2015
New sentencing hearing ordered in Riverview assault conviction
Mark P. Murphy, 49, will be re-sentenced for an attack on a mental health worker that left her with a pen tip embedded in her hand.
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PublishedMay 12, 2015
Winthrop man sentenced in Build-a-Bear gift card theft and burglaries
One of the victims said Justin G. Lebourdais, 30, stole her grandchildren’s Christmas presents and her late husband’s handgun.
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PublishedMay 11, 2015
Augusta apartment house owner cited for code violations in fire
No one was hurt in the Dec. 9 blaze at 20 State St. that was caused by a faulty space heater.
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