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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PublishedApril 20, 2015
Augusta police badge from 1940s completes historic line
Abraham Lacasse wore the badge from 1946-1949, after returning from service in World War II.
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PublishedApril 17, 2015
Manchester man sentenced on child pornography charges
Jon A. Hall had been convicted as a juvenile for prior sex offenses.
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PublishedApril 17, 2015
Winthrop attorney reprimanded for professional misconduct
Brian Condon was reprimanded in connection with his late attempt to collect legal fees.
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PublishedApril 17, 2015
At Belgrade Lakes’s Day’s Store, customers say goodbye to longtime employee
Cashier Lois Davis is retiring after 30 years at the village store that’s a landmark for locals and tourists alike.
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PublishedApril 17, 2015
Winthrop businesses target of burglars
Five break-ins were reported early Friday morning.
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PublishedApril 17, 2015
South China man accused of setting his home ablaze
A judge on Friday ordered a forensic evaluation of Jason Woods, 37.
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PublishedApril 16, 2015
Former Litchfield woman pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges
Gretchen L. Patrick can withdraw her guilty plea to attempted aggravated sex trafficking if she complies with conditions for the next 18 months.
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PublishedApril 14, 2015
Augusta man who failed to report to jail gets caught in State Police parking lot
Raymond A. McCray was found driving on a suspended license in front of Maine State Police Headquarters.
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PublishedApril 13, 2015
Riverview assault conviction argued at Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Mark Murphy’s attorney says he did not properly waive his right to testify in his own defense.
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PublishedApril 10, 2015
Clinton man pleads guilty in child sexual assault
Wayne T. Clark will spend 12 years in prison and then be placed on supervised release for the rest of his life.
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