The administration fought back, saying Democrats were using people with mental illness to advance their agenda.
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.
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Central Maine congregations prepare for Rosh Hashanah
Rabbis at Temple Beth El in Augusta and Congregation Beth Israel in Waterville say they have much to be thankful for, and much to look forward to.
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Windsor crash that hurt two likely to result in charges
Police say the driver of the car in the single-vehicle crash on Route 17 was driving with a suspended license.
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Augusta city sweeps will be more common, police say
The eight arrested in last week’s multi-agency city-wide sweep were identified Monday.
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Mount Vernon gardening case sprouts up in court again
It’s the third time the dispute between the town and the couple, James Landherr and Valerie Center, has been in court.
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Vietnam veterans thanked at 50th anniversary commemoration
Veterans recall their service, homecoming at ceremony hosted Sunday by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Suspect in Gardiner Rite Aid Pharmacy robbery indicted in federal court
Jesse Mansir is scheduled to for a hearing Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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Maloney DA challenger says he won’t prosecute marijuana cases
Kevin Sullivan, running for Kennebec and Somerset counties DA, says he doesn’t condone pot use, but “condemns the use of tax money to prosecute it.”
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Augusta police arrest two, seize $30,000 in drugs
Detectives reportedly seized 1,250 bags of heroin, 24 grams of cocaine, 13 grams of bath salts and 100 marijuana plants on River Street.
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Augusta murder suspect seeks to suppress recorded confession
An attorney for Justin Pillsbury argued Tuesday that he was not advised of his rights properly and that he was too sedated after surgery to answer questions from police.