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Kennebec Journal

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.

Business, Local & State

Belgrade marina permit stirs debate at scenic lakeside area

by Betty Adams July 16, 2018July 17, 2018

The Planning Board recently denied a commercial permit for Brightside Marina, owned by Shawn Grant.

South China man accused in plot to smuggle drugs into Waldo jail

by Betty Adams July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

An investigator says the drugs were hidden in a Waldo County Courthouse bathroom.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Family tells NY man to ‘rot in hell’ during sentencing for Augusta man’s killing

by Betty Adams July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Aubrey Armstrong, 29, of Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, was sentenced Friday morning to 30 years in prison in connection with the death of Joseph Marceau, who was killed in November 2015.

Local & State

Several acres of wetlands burn in Belgrade

by Betty Adams July 12, 2018July 12, 2018

No one was hurt in the fire, which was reported about 4 p.m. Wednesday off Route 135.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Man convicted of kidnapping, assaulting Augusta girl seeks new trial

by Betty Adams July 12, 2018July 12, 2018

Albert Dumas pleaded guilty to abducting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Augusta but now says he wouldn’t have made the guilty plea if he had known about a change in genetic evidence.

Life & Culture, Lifestyle, Local & State

Readfield Festival to celebrate ‘fun all over town’

by Betty Adams July 11, 2018July 11, 2018

The inaugural fete is set for Aug. 11, and organizers hope to run it every other year, alternating with Readfield Heritage Days.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Waterville robbery suspect told police he was picking berries when caught

by Betty Adams and Emily Higginbotham July 11, 2018July 12, 2018

GPS tracking devices secreted in the stolen money led police to Kevin Barr, who was ordered held in lieu of $20,000 cash bail in connection with Tuesday’s heist at KeyBank in Waterville.