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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PublishedSeptember 15, 2014
Caped runners to race in fundraiser for Augusta Boys & Girls Club
The Oct. 4 ‘super run’ is one of several events to replace money the club lost in July when Spurwink Services ceased funding.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2014
Nason sexual assault investigation report won’t be made public
Superior Court Justice Donald Marden said no public interest would be served by releasing documents from the state police investigation of allegations against the Hallowell police chief.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2014
Riverview chief wants more changes
In an effort to regain federal certification, Jay Harper says physical changes to the interior of Riverview Psychiatric Center are needed.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2014
Popcorn, candy trail led to Waterville burglary conviction
Mark Mansfield, who was spotted carrying loot from Railroad Square Cinema and Buen Apetito in January, was sentenced in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2014
Kennebec Valley United Way halfway toward goal
Heading up the fundraising campaign this year are twins Matthew and Michael Tardiff, 28, of the Augusta-based J. S. McCarthy Printers.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2014
Gardiner, Brady Palmer agree on building
A consent agreement reached earlier this month will allow professional offices to go into a building on Brunswick Avenue.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2014
Pair charged in Manchester pharmacy robbery say drug dealers made them do it
Devon Gray and Brooke Frost remain behind bars, facing $20,000 bail each, after being arrested in connection with the Saturday robbery.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2014
Augusta man sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing estranged wife
The victim told the court that “mentally and emotionally, I’m getting by one week at a time.”
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2014
Wathen calls Riverview operations troubling
The court master cites safety concerns, certification and treatment at the state’s psychiatric hospital in a report released Monday.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2014
Belgrade mother pleads guilty to endangering child
Melissa Godin’s son, who has special needs, was found wandering near the Long Pond storage dam in Mount Vernon in April.
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