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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PublishedSeptember 4, 2013
Murphy waives jury trial in Riverview assault case
Mark P. Murphy waived his right to a jury trial on assault charges that he attacked a mental health worker at Riverview Psychiatric Center.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013
Belgrade aims for participation in state roadwork plans
Residents and business owners were divided on their support for full reconstruction of the street, with 4-to-1 in favor of just a skim coat of pavement, according to an independent survey.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013
Pittston man ordered to pay back railroad retirement money
Gerald E. “Beetle” Bailey was sentenced Tuesday to three years’ probation and ordered to pay restitution of almost $83,400 in railroad retirement funds.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2013
Swan’s second federal trial starts with jury selection Wednesday
Former Chelsea selectwoman Carole Swan goes on trial in federal court next week for the second time in nine weeks, and the stakes are much higher than they were at her first trial, in July.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2013
Child-porn owner Cameron fighting to avoid more prison time
James M. Cameron, 51, formerly of Hallowell, is arguing that his flight from home confinement last December shouldn’t lead to more prison time added on to that he’s serving for owning child pornography.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2013
Belgrade camp hosts wounded veterans
Camp Kennebec honored Founders Week at the National Veteran’s Family Center by welcoming wounded veterans and their families to participate in activities at the camp in Belgrade, as part of the Travis Mills project.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2013
Lawrence high teacher arrested on charges of child porn, unlawful sexual contact
David W. Morissette, 44, of Winslow was ordered held in lieu of bail set at $50,000 worth of real estate or $10,000 cash.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2013
Attorneys seeking aid for North Pond Hermit’s post-court transition
Attorneys on both sides hope to resolve theft and burglary charges against the man dubbed the North Pond Hermit, and are looking into treatment programs for him, before the case heads to trial in October.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2013
Fairfield burglar ordered to pay for Oakland couple’s home alarm
Brandon M. Rimes, 26, of Fairfield, was ordered to spend eight months behind bars, and to pay for a couple’s home security system, for burglarizing an Oakland home on Dec. 6.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2013
Wayne, Farmington special ed teacher charged with sex assaults
Patrik Ian Arsenault, 27, of Norridgewock, a former Wayne special education teacher hired to start in Farmington this fall, has been charged with sexually assaulting two Clinton boys this summer.
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