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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PublishedJanuary 27, 2014
Augusta woman pleads guilty to distributing drugs
Sale of 37 oxycodone pills to informant in West Gardiner lot was recorded by police.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2014
Former teachers from Jefferson, Winslow indicted on child sex abuse offenses
One man, Patrik Ian Arsenault, faces 13 charges and the other, David W. Morissette, faces four charges.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2014
Augusta man denies shaking, injuring baby daughter
Augusta police stopped Kevin Peaslee after he ran a stop sign taking 6-month old to the hospital, and immediately sought medical help for her, a police department spokesman said.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2014
Elsie Viles’ legacy includes historic Augusta house and grounds
The Elsie & William Viles Foundation board plans to carry out her wishes.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2014
Kennebec Valley Chamber gives out 2014 business awards in Augusta
Two protesters offer a brief protest of an international trade deal.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2014
Vassalboro man indicted on murder charge in driver’s slaying
A hearing in Courtney Shea’s case is set for Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2014
Chelsea man found guilty of domestic violence charges in case where victim was arrested
Judge’s ruling says defendant assaulted, threatened and terrorized his girlfriend last April.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2014
Pillsbury indicted in slaying of Jillian Jones in their Augusta apartment
911 transcripts show sequence of events from last November.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2014
Kidnapping charges dropped in Chelsea incident after victim disappears
Two men plead guilty to criminal restraint in July Hankerson Road report of man held against his will.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2014
Judge: Riverview pen attack was deliberate, driven by anger
Former patient is convicted in assault on mental health worker at state psychiatric hospital.
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