From patient advocate to head of Riverview Psychiatric Center, Jay Harper has ambitious goals for the hospital.
Betty Adams
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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Carole Swan’s attorney challenges perjury allegations
Filings continue in advance of sentencing in June in federal court for the former Chelsea selectwoman.
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Pennsylvania woman pleads guilty to Augusta heroin possession
She was one of 10 suspects charged after a drug raid at a home in the state capital.
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Second assault indictment dismissed against former Augusta man
His defense attorney wants it to be the last and has sought sanctions against the District Attorney’s office.
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Augusta man to spend 5-10 years in prison for stabbing wife
The final sentence for David Delesline is to be determined at a hearing in April.
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Judge sets bail for codefendants in Waterville/Oakland meth case
The confidential informant who bought the drug was told, “You have no idea how many calls we are getting for it.”
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Belgrade voters face long referendum ballot
Vote is set for Friday and Town Meeting is next Saturday.
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Charles returns to selectboard in Rome
The treasurer and tax collector jobs change hands in town elections on the eve of Saturday’s Town Meeting.
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Butter knife assault lands former Augusta woman in jail
The victim, now recovered, told authorities he did not want the woman prosecuted.
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Augusta man tries to get shorter sentence for 2010 slaying
Peter George Bathgate II pleaded guilty to murder two years ago, but now blames his former girlfriend and attorney for his 45-year-sentence.