Former prison guard Travis Lyon is charged with several instances of inappropriately touching a girl, beginning when she was 11.
Betty Adams
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.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Mount Vernon mother says bus left daughter, 8, out in the cold
Melissa Hall is suing Regional School Unit 38 over her daughter’s frostbite; the school district denies the allegations.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Waterville doctor Gosselin drops license suspension appeal
While the osteopathic doctor’s 90-day suspension is over, it was unclear Friday whether he had restarted his practice.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Carole Swan loses second bid for freedom pending appeal
The former Chelsea selectwoman is serving 87 months in prison for extortion and fraud.
Posted inMaine
Readfield proposal to shift to secret ballot gets second airing
The meeting is set for 6 p.m. Monday in Asa Gile Hall.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Father accused of throwing infant down stairs is ex-Riverview nurse
William Goodhue Lord Jr., 39, gave the OK to corrections officers to use pepper spray on a female patient who was not threatening staff.
Posted inElections, Maine
Incumbent Maloney, challenger Sullivan square off for Kennebec-Somerset DA
Maloney, a Democrat, has been out campaigning, while Sullivan, an independent, is not actively working the campaign trail.
Posted inMaine, News
Cross-country escape will add to Cameron’s child pornography sentence
The state’s former top drug prosecutor fled to New Mexico after cutting off monitoring device.
Posted inMaine, News
Fowle of Vassalboro faces Bates of Windsor in Maine House District 80 race
While Democratic Rep. Lori Fowle touts her legislative record, challenger Ray Bates, a Republican, says he would bring years of municipal experience to the State House.
Posted inMaine, News
Former Rome lawmaker faces Belgrade business owner in Maine House race
The House District 76 seat is open because Rep. Dennis Keschl, R-Belgrade, opted not to run for re-election.