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 15, 2014
Sidney man accused of raping 4-year-old seeks bail
Eric Bard has been held in jail or at the Riverview Psychiatric Center since July 2012.
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PublishedApril 13, 2014
‘Beet’ poets entertain at Augusta church
A group of Wayne men aim to write ‘poetry that won’t put people off poetry.”
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PublishedApril 12, 2014
Patrons partial to flowers, warm water at Lions home show at Augusta Civic Center
The three-day event continues 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
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PublishedApril 11, 2014
Judge reduces bail for Augusta robbery suspect
Williams pleaded not guilty to a March 16 robbery charge.
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PublishedApril 10, 2014
Riverview patient heads back to prison
Michael James had fought the discharge from the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services’ commissioner following a day-long court hearing Thursday.
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PublishedApril 9, 2014
Waterville man sentenced to 15 months in drug conspiracy
Twenty-one people were charged in the conspiracy to bring drugs from New York to sell in central Maine.
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PublishedApril 9, 2014
Site of fire in Augusta six years ago heads to foreclosure auction
The homeowner — now cleared of arson charges — says, “I want to cry about it.”
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PublishedApril 5, 2014
Riverview speeds screening for concealed-weapons permits
An 11-day backlog has been eliminated, state officials said.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2014
Monmouth woman denied interpreter prevails in discrimination case
The Maine Human Rights Commission voted Monday to support claims by a West Gardiner man and a Madison woman who charged gender discrimination.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2014
Growing marijuana at Augusta airport costs man two years in federal prison
Marlon Cloutier was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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