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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PublishedApril 25, 2014
Augusta man sentenced on car ramming, OUI charges
Jacob L. Pouliot, formerly of Randolph, was ordered to spend nine months in jail.
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PublishedApril 24, 2014
Maine seeks volunteers to mediate consumer disputes
The attorney general’s office is seeking more people to take the training course and commit to the program.
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PublishedApril 23, 2014
Oakland man sues over 2010 injuries from Windsor Fair starting gate
Christopher Charrier’s attorney estimates medical bills were $100,000 after gate struck spectators.
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PublishedApril 22, 2014
Natural gas pipeline subcontractor sues in federal court
A Pennsylvania firm is seeking money from a contractor and an insurer, the second U.S. District Court lawsuit in recent months to plague Summit’s $350 million project.
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PublishedApril 22, 2014
Augusta woman gets 9 months in jail for cocaine trafficking
The judge refused to impose a shorter term, citing a cocaine and heroin “epidemic.”
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PublishedApril 22, 2014
Former ER doctor in Augusta loses appeal to supreme court
A Richmond woman’s claims of a civil rights violation now move forward in Kennebec County.
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PublishedApril 17, 2014
Pot-growing operation lands Waterville man in court
David Marchand, 40, pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Bangor to a charge of “manufacturing marijuana.”
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PublishedApril 17, 2014
Rumford attorney resigns in wake of domestic violence terrorizing charge
The lawyer, who was convicted of calling in bomb threats to Wilton schools, is accused of making a threat against his wife to court personnel.
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PublishedApril 16, 2014
State’s high court asked to dismiss Richmond woman’s claim
Linda J. Clifford says she was picked up by two state troopers and taken from her home for a second psychiatric evaluation at the same hospital and strip-searched by male security guards.
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PublishedApril 15, 2014
Used condoms, sex paraphernalia seized in Litchfield raid
The investigation into an alleged prostitution ring was conducted by Augusta, state and federal agents.
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