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 10, 2015
Maloney mulls charges in alleged Augusta Walmart kidnapping case
The incident allegedly began in Lisbon and continued in Augusta, where police arrested a Lewiston man on Wednesday.
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PublishedApril 9, 2015
Wayne man pleads guilty to theft of veterans unemployment benefits
The prosecution says Lawrence A. Stewart was overpaid more than $54,000 in about three years.
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PublishedApril 9, 2015
Augusta woman who burglarized Travis Mills’ Manchester home is sentenced
Tiffany Fitzpatrick will spend nine months behind bars after stealing from the under-construction home belonging to the quadruple-amputee veteran.
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PublishedApril 8, 2015
Kennebec DA’s office telephones quiet temporarily
Hookups are to be completed on Monday, and they should be operating as usual.
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PublishedApril 8, 2015
Belgrade man pleads guilty to Manchester Rite Aid robbery
Thomas G. Bourque, 32, told the judge Wednesday that he “can’t blame it on anything except stupidity.”
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PublishedApril 8, 2015
Second Waterville woman admits to her role in China stabbing
Tiffany Glidden pleaded guilty to elevated aggravated assault and will be sentenced later.
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PublishedApril 8, 2015
Gardiner man sentenced to five months in jail on sex trafficking charges
Frederick Horne Sr., formerly of Sidney, was accused of running the Adam & Eve Escort Service.
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PublishedApril 7, 2015
Belgrade board opposes proposed RSU 18 school budget
The increase is likely to face a tough road in Rome as well though Oakland’s town manager appreciated what he called almost flat funding from the previous year.
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PublishedApril 7, 2015
Man pleads guilty in Manchester Rite Aid robbery
Devon Gray, 26, is to spend an initial 20 months behind bars, with the remainder of his eight-year sentence suspended.
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PublishedApril 7, 2015
Waterville woman begins 7 years behind bars for China stabbing
The victim says Carrisa Butkewicz “was giggling one minute and then stabbed me the next.”
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