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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.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime

Vermont man pleads guilty to charge from 1984 in Augusta

by Betty Adams July 6, 2018July 6, 2018

Francis Stevens accepted a plea deal from the state in connection with driving offenses.

Local & State, Maine Crime

West Gardiner man gets 2-year prison term for cocaine trafficking

by Betty Adams July 4, 2018July 4, 2018

Dylan N. Hendsbee initially told police that his pants — where the drugs and cash were found — belonged to someone else.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Augusta man imprisoned three years for child pornography

by Betty Adams July 3, 2018July 3, 2018

Blaine S. Baker pleaded guilty Monday after officers doing a probation checks found child pornography images on his cellphone.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Clinton man sentenced to 90 days in jail over pickup truck arson

by Betty Adams July 3, 2018July 3, 2018

Brandon Dunton told investigators he was upset over problems with his bicycle and nonpayment for jobs, so he set a truck on fire at a towing business.