Lynn and Phyllis Matson of Rome are expected to outline their ‘Belgrade Village Green’ project for which they donated land and will fund development costs.
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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Mount Vernon generator appeal heard by Maine’s high court
The town of Mount Vernon says a generator on a small lot was a structure and prohibited because it was too close to Minnehonk Lake.
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Maine’s high court hears appeal of convicted child molester from Oakland
An attorney is seeking a new trial for Sarah Conway, convicted of assaulting a sleeping boy, 3, in Oakland, on the grounds that jurors received confusing instructions about ‘duress’ the woman suffered then.
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Fayette’s school and town spending plans head to voters on Saturday at the annual Town Meeting
Residents could see an increase of $2.25 in the property tax rate.
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Readfield approves all articles, $2.5 million budget on election ballot
The secret ballot town meeting will continue next year as well, officials said.
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Man pleads guilty to leading drug ring from Massachusetts to central Maine
Police said Jaime “Uncle” Brea, 51, was behind a conspiracy to bring drugs to the Augusta area and sell in Maine.
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Heavy fire destroys vacant camp near Torsey Pond on Mount Vernon-Readfield line
The fire was reported Tuesday afternoon at 373 Chase Road, which is on a camp road that extends to the water.
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Two in Mount Vernon vie for seat on Maranacook school board
The business part of the annual Town Meeting begins 9 a.m. June 16 at the Mount Vernon Elementary School.
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Friends from second grade graduate together from Gardiner Area High School
Brandon Ware and Charles Stevens were among 157 seniors at the ceremony Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center, and graduations also occurred at Maranacook Community and Gardiner Area high schools.
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Man who dismembered father in Gardiner granted time outside of psychiatric facility
Leroy Smith III, found not criminally responsible in the 2014 killing, has been permitted closely supervised time in the community.