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 14, 2014
Peaslee gets seven years for violently shaking his infant daughter
Kevin M. Peaslee of Windsor told a judge on Friday that he made ‘a horrible mistake.’
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PublishedNovember 12, 2014
Kennebec jail inmates sentenced for stealing Hot Pockets, other items from courthouse
Corey L. Hall and Charles L. Lowe plead guilty and charges remain pending against a third defendant in the summertime heist.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2014
Pair wanted over Farmington Walmart thefts ordered held by court
Thomas John Mulkern Jr., 28, is accused of stealing two televisions and a TiVo belonging to the Augusta Walmart between March 2 and 7.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2014
MaineGeneral a year later still lacks beds, but reviews positive
A year after the new hospital opened in north Augusta, patients report some problems in the emergency room, but hospital officials say statistics show improved care.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2014
Two Waterville women sought in China stabbing case appear in court on other charges
Carissa Butkewicz was held without bail and Tiffany Glidden’s bail was set at $350.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2014
Overseer’s report lists Riverview Psychiatric Center shortcomings
The state psychiatric hospital is out of compliance with a consent decree that governs how the state must treat people with severe and persistent mental illness, a report from Elizabeth Jones says.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2014
Johnson beats Fossel in Maine Senate District 13 race
In a closely contested race in the district that covers nearly all of Lincoln County, Windsor and Washington, the incumbent from Somerville kept his hold on his seat.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2014
Hallowell picks Stearns and Dufour for council
Four residents ran for two seats on the Hallowell City Council.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2014
Monmouth police station, Whitefield mining ordinance on local ballots
Voters in Readfield, Palermo and Windsor decided local questions as well.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2014
Maloney wins Kennebec, Somerset district attorney race
Maeghan Maloney won easily over independent challenger Kevin Sullivan.
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