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 20, 2014
Riverview nurse recovering after attack
Nancy Austin, 68, of Augusta, says she plans to return to work, but in a different unit.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2014
Belgrade man seeks to recover medical costs from fatal 2011 crash
The lawsuit says Thomas G. Bourque was riding in the back of the rental van in a folding chair when it crashed in Gardiner, killing the driver and passenger.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2014
Riverview specialists calmed patients after attack on nurse
The Acting Superintendent says the hospital is addressing first security, safety and patients’ rights, and now moving on to “the paper path that goes with those issues.”
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PublishedAugust 18, 2014
East Vassalboro postal employee admits stealing mail, embezzling
Jason K. Stockmar, 28, of Augusta, was freed on unsecured bail following the plea in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2014
Riverview nurse hospitalized in attack by angry patient
Kennebec County jail has started the process to move Frank Stewart to the mental health treatment unit at Maine State Prison.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2014
Fayette principal remains the same
The school committee approved nominations Thursday as the town readies for a special town meeting on Monday.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2014
Chelsea washout on Town House Road remains
Heavy rain Wednesday night into Thursday means residents must take alternate routes to their homes.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2014
Veteran gets probation for false Togus travel claims
A Sabattus man has been ordered to repay more than $3,000 after he said he traveled to the hospital from Aroostook County.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2014
Bronx man admits to selling drugs in Waterville
Mark Anthony Hilliard was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with all but six years suspended and four years probation.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2014
Mount Vernon man admits sexually abusing girl
James C. Beane, 66, was sentenced in Kennebec County Superior Court to 10 years in prison with all but two suspended.
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