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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PublishedNovember 25, 2014
Kennebec sheriff’s captain ousted following internal probe
The longtime law enforcement officer, Dennis Picard, said he is fighting that decision, which follows an investigation connected to an election complaint by his wife.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2014
Fire claims pickup truck in Augusta
The fire chief says the source of the blaze was probably fumes emitted from a hole in a gas can being carried in the truck bed.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2014
Silver bullion bar heading back to Augusta pawn shop owners
The owners of A&E Trading on Water Street went to court to get police to return the seized property.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2014
Carole Swan loses new bid for freedom
A judge said pleadings from the former Chelsea selectwoman are ‘flat-out erroneous.’
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PublishedNovember 16, 2014
Philip Bartlett elected to head Maine Democrats
The Gorham attorney and former state senator took over on Sunday.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2014
Suspect vehicle goes through Memorial Circle, crashes at Cony Circle in Augusta
Brunswick woman faces a host of driving violations including allegedly eluding police driving 30 plus mph over speed limit.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2014
Gardiner Co-op to occupy site between two art galleries
The 269 Water St. storefront location was announced to supporters Saturday night.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2014
Arson charges from Winthrop, Monmouth, Clinton lead indictments
A Kennebec County grand jury handed up indictments on Friday.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2014
Aroostook County man sentenced in Waterville-area meth ring
Eric Finnemore, of Linneus, was sentenced to nine years in prison; three others were also sentenced.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2014
Wayne camp thieves plead in tandem in Kennebec County Superior Court
Eric Donnell and Carlton Enos pleaded guilty to the 2012 burglaries in which they took televisions, DVDs, tools and a generator, among other items.
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