A couple more major central Maine storms could force schools to consider moving graduation, which is what happened in 2005.
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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Readfield residents opposed town manager’s latest contract
Long-running dispute leads to contractor filing a formal complaint against the town manager.
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Waterville lawyer suspended from practice for six months
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Augusta man pleads not guilty to murder charge
He is accused of stabbing Jillian Jones to death in their apartment.
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Belgrade board supports Main Street reconstruction in village
Residents, neighbors seek details, worry over impact.
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Prosecutor: Swans paid men to slash tires, smash windows of Whitefield contractor
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