Ismail Mohamed Awad, being held in Kennebec County jail, begged a judge on Friday to send him to a ‘mental institution.’
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 inHealth, Maine, Nation & World
MaineGeneral, other area hospitals ramp up readiness in response to Ebola
Doctors at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, at Togus and at Inland Hospital in Waterville say the flu should be more of a concern.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Waterville man gets 40 months for attempted copper theft
Neighbors reported seeing lights in the basement of the vacant Waterville home and called police.
Posted inMaine
Winthrop group raising funds to rebuild Haitian church destroyed in 2010 quake
The effort supports the missionary work of “Father Joe” Corriveau, a Winthrop native son, in Haiti.
Posted inElections 2014, Maine, Politics, Senate
Incumbent Republican Saviello, Democrat Dunlap contend for Senate District 17
The contest is a rematch from two years ago and includes Franklin County, Vienna, Fayette, Mount Vernon and Belgrade.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Windsor man pleads guilty to assault in shaken baby case
Kevin Peaslee, 22, left his infant daughter with injuries that documents say will eventually kill her, and now faces up to seven years in prison.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Mount Vernon store burglar sentenced
Douglas Hanson, of Oakland, broke into the store, stole the cash register drawer and fled in a stolen car.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Augusta man charged with stealing mail
Ryan Robert Pomerleau allegedly altered checks and cashed them to steal thousands of dollars.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Winslow man sentenced for role in meth manufacturing ring
The prosecutor said James Bell bought methamphetamine ingredients 10 times, while other co-defendants are scheduled to be in court.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Clinton man admits stealing cedar trees from neighbors
The trees were cut by Gregory R. Hanson, 23, and put up for sale as fence posts, according to the prosecutor.