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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PublishedJuly 20, 2013
New Maine GOP chairman Bennett says he was ‘unity candidate’
Former Maine Senate president Rick Bennett of Oxford was elected Saturday morning to lead the state Republican Party and Winslow’s Susan Morrisette, Kennebec County chairwoman, was elected vice-chairwoman.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2013
Somerset County takes brunt of Friday storms; 17,000 lose power
Somerset County appeared to take the brunt of the damage done by storms featuring high wind Friday night, and hundreds of people in Madison, Hartland, Cornville and St. Albans remained without electricity late Saturday afternoon.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2013
Testimony targets Swan’s workers’ comp claims
Former Chelsea selectwoman is on trial for multiple counts of fraud, including taking federal benefits because she couldn’t work while she was collecting income from other sources.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2013
Price gouging, disabilities debated on sixth day of Swan trial
A Windsor Road culvert replacement project and alleged disabilities were questioned on the sixth day of the trial against former Chelsea Selectwoman Carole Swan.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2013
Prosecutor wants Swan fraud jury to hear kickbacks evidence
Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Clark said today he planned to introduce evidence into Carole Swan’s fraud trial that has been prepared for the extortion trial she will face later this year.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2013
Chelsea selectman testifies town had concerns about Swan’s involvement in road projects
Chelsea Selectman Richard Danforth testified Thursday at the former Chelsea selectwoman’s fraud trial that he wanted transparency but “that was not always easy.”
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PublishedJuly 10, 2013
Fraud trial testimony shows Marshall Swan had a booming business
Former Chelsea Selectwoman Carole Swan and her husband made a lot of money but didn’t pay taxes from 2006 to 2010, according to testimony on day 3 of her fraud trial.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2013
Swans claimed negative $110,518 income in 2006, IRS official testifies
Robert Drisko testifies former selectwoman charged with fraud “would work outside (of board meetings) to get her own way.”
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PublishedJuly 8, 2013
Lawyer: Swan just trying to survive abusive marriage
Carole Swan never meant to defraud anyone; she was just doing what she had to do to survive in an abusive marriage, her lawyer told the jury Monday, the first day of Swan’s fraud trial.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2013
Retired Augusta firefighters can keep insurance deal under expired contract
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a ruling saying that almost all contract provisions remain in effect even after a contract expires, as long as bargaining is taking place.
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