Two men were sentenced Tuesday for offenses at the state’s forensic 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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Riverview superintendent ousted from job
Mary Louise McEwen had been in charge of the hospital since 2009, and a DHHS statement said the psychiatric hospital needed ‘a change in leadership.’
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Former Chelsea selectwoman, husband, to be sentenced in June
Carole Swan, who was convicted of extorting money from a Whitefield contractor, along with other charges, and her husband Marshall Swan, convicted of filing false tax returns, will be sentenced separately in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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Police seek help finding Winthrop robber
A lone man clad in pajama bottoms got away with an unspecified amount of money from a convenience store.
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Familiar faces on Vienna’s Friday town election ballot
Residents will vote on money for winter road work and paving at Saturday’s 9 a.m. Town Meeting.
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Police: Alleged Waterville bank robber didn’t plan heist
David Alvarez allegedly wrote demand note on torn paper bag and confused teller with poor spelling and lack of something to put the money in.
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Rome Town Meeting set for Saturday
Several contests for town offices are on the Friday ballot.
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Skowhegan woman sentenced for role in drug ring
Tara Pelletier, also of Waterville, was ordered to spend four years in federal prison as part of a trafficking ring that netted 21 arrests across central Maine.
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Summit denies breaching contract with pipeline installer
Firms blame each other for missing Nov. 1 deadline for completion, which meant delays for area schools, businesses and city buildings.
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Rights panel supports Randolph paramedic’s claim against Belfast
Skowhegan man finds no support for employment discrimination claim against Pan Am Railways.