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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PublishedAugust 27, 2014
Bard pleads guilty to sexually assaulting young girl, recording it
The Sidney man’s pleas are conditional pending appeals to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2014
Augusta man who set fire in suicide attempt sent to Riverview
David Malia, who set the May 27 fire at 11 Cedar Court, was found not criminally responsible Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2014
Trial starts for Sidney man accused of sexually assaulting child
Eric Bard, 24, faces 21 charges including raping a 4-year-old girl he was baby-sitting and recording it on video in Augusta.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2014
Augusta man found not criminally responsible for setting 2013 fire
Stephen B. Cormier has been placed in the custody of the commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2014
Chelsea’s Swans paid all criminal fines and restitution, more than $400,000
The Swans are serving sentences in separate federal prisons.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2014
Waterville man accused of sexually assaulting child
Brian Robert Buzzell II had an initial hearing on the charge of gross sexual assault on Friday.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2014
Snowmobile trailer torched at Augusta rec area
The state fire marshal’s office is investigating the blaze at Bond Brook Recreation Area.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2014
Gardiner robbery demand note written on grocery receipt
Police say the torn supermarket receipt had a time stamp that matched video of suspect Jesse Mansir leaving the store.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2014
Waterville physician Gosselin’s medical license remains suspended
A judge denied the request for a stay while a 450 day suspension is appealed.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2014
Hallowell bank robbery suspect pleads not guilty
John Cecil Slater, 66, was arraigned Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
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