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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PublishedOctober 10, 2013
Current and former Kennebec County employees fight for benefits
Carol Royer, of Farmingdale, Jim Saucier, of Belgrade, and Diana York, of Pittston say they are owed more than $256,000 in retirement benefits.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2013
Charges dropped against former Clinton police officer
Court documents cite insufficient evidence as the reason the case was dismissed against Scott A. Francis, 38, of Chelsea.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2013
Court upholds Augusta man’s conviction on sex charges
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the conviction for Jonathan M. Carey, 38, of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2013
Jay man sentenced for Augusta sex crimes
George O’Donnell, 79, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison with all but 30 months suspended and eight years’ probation.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2013
Readfield reaches settlement with Winthrop owner of wayward cattle
Readfield and Edward Munson, of Winthrop, signed a consent judgment regarding cattle that the town says continued to get loose on public roads and threaten public safety.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2013
Patient advocating for clients of Augusta mental health agency
Lisa Dailey, 48, of Ellsworth, who lost services she received from AngleZ Behavioral Health Services after MaineCare decided to stop paying the agency last month, is advocating for hundreds of other patients left in the lurch following fraud accusations.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2013
Augusta man pleads guilty to drug charge
The transaction occurred near Interstate 95 in West Gardiner.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2013
Marshall Swan found guilty of tax fraud
The contractor, husband of former Chelsea selectwoman Carole Swan, is convicted of falsifying tax returns.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2013
Riverview worker says patient punched, stabbed her
Mark P. Murphy, 47, is on trial, charged with aggravated assault and assault following the March attack.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2013
Marshall Swan blames wife, former Chelsea selectwoman, for tax fraud
Marshall Swan, 56, of Chelsea, faces charges that he failed to report about $674,000 in income over a period of years.
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