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 22, 2014
Former employee of Maine Tourism Association charged with theft
Complaint says more than $10,000 was stolen from the Hallowell-based membership group.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2014
Vassalboro couple faces charges for drugs, child endangerment
Mom is accused of endangering her two teens after Kennebec County sheriff’s deputies search home and say they find drugs and drug residue, including in one child’s bedroom.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2014
Petrucelly to move from group home to supervised apartment
Family of man who stabbed his older brother to death supports move out of Riverview Psychiatric Center.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2014
Augusta, Waterville attorneys offer ideas for family court changes
Better forms, single-justice system, more training suggested to task force appointed by state Supreme Court.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2014
Former Togus pharmacy tech gets probation for medication theft
A Winslow woman was also fined $4,000 in federal court proceedings.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2014
Augusta cocaine trafficking puts N.Y. man behind bars for four years
Robert Dixon was arrested in July with two other men after Glenridge Drive raid found drugs, cash.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2014
Task force to collect comments in Augusta to improve family court
A public hearing is set for 4:15 p.m. Thursday in Augusta District Court where a panel will take suggestions.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2014
Augusta’s old Colonial Theater has new champion
A developer and a nonprofit group are seeking public input.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2014
5 hurt in ambulance-SUV crash in Windsor
Police blame the Route 17 accident Sunday on an icy road surface.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2014
Gardiner man indicted in 2 robberies at Augusta pharmacy
A federal sentence for such crimes could be up to 20 years in prison.
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