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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PublishedJanuary 15, 2015
Readfield board rejects manager’s resignation
Stefan Pakulski has been town manager since November 2003 and tried to resign earlier this month.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2015
Maine agriculture show offers tips in Augusta on home kitchens
A state inspector described how to obtain a home food processing license so you can sell your scrumptious jams, jellies and baked goods.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2015
Second woman charged in China attempted murder pleads not guilty
The victim spent 10 days in the hospital after the stabbing in November.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2015
Farmingdale Dunkin’ Donuts target of serial burglar
Glen G. Michaud, who was imprisoned 10 years for earlier burglaries, heads back for another stretch.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2015
Augusta man shot by police was Riverview patient with knife
Jason Begin, who was receiving outpatient services for his mental illness, made headlines in 2003 for stealing a plane and crashing it in Canada.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2015
Kennebec specialty court program graduates 14
Ten veterans are among those successfully completing the Co-Occurring Disorders and Veterans Court.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2015
Oak Hill singer selected for Carnegie Hall choir
Kaitlyn Doyle, of Litchfield, who has a leading role in “The Boy Friend” at the school, will perform with other high school students in New York City in February.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2015
Belgrade woman pleads guilty to robbing woman at Augusta Walmart
A codefendant’s robbery charge has been dismissed.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2015
Manchester woman pleads guilty to robbing Rite Aid pharmacy
Brooke Frost will be sentenced later and her boyfriend, also charged in the robbery, is scheduled to appear in court in April.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2015
Litchfield man to serve 28 months in prison for domestic violence, theft
Ralph A. Mosher IV was sentenced Wednesday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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