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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PublishedJune 26, 2013
Harmony woman pleads guilty to welfare fraud
A Harmony woman has been ordered to pay back the state for fraudulently collecting welfare assistance from 2007 to 2011.
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PublishedJune 26, 2013
Litchfield fires Town Manager Michael Byron
Litchfield Town Manager Michael Byron was fired Tuesday night, after 5-plus years in the post, when the board of selectmen voted 2-1 to terminate his contract prior to its Dec. 31 expiration date.
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PublishedJune 25, 2013
Kennebec County burglary spree puts Gardiner man behind bars
David W. Berube Jr., 35, of Gardiner, received 3 1/2 years in prison Tuesday after admitting to 27 crimes, all related to a burglary spree across Kennebec County.
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PublishedJune 25, 2013
Admitted Augusta child pornographer balks at new charges
Wade Robert Hoover, 35, of Augusta, who has admitted to child pornography charges in federal court, refused to acknowledge 12 new charges in state court on Tuesday and was ordered removed from the courtroom.
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PublishedJune 23, 2013
Gardiner man hurt in Winthrop rollover accident Sunday
Timothy Bernier, 32, of Gardiner, was taken to the hospital by ambulance following a single vehicle crash that occurred about 7:20 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Route 202 near the Highland Indoor Golf building in Winthrop.
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PublishedJune 23, 2013
Blind woman celebrates 50th birthday with first skydive
Blind for more than 20 years as a result of the diabetes, Leona McKenna, of Augusta, marked her 50th birthday by skydiving on Saturday.
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PublishedJune 22, 2013
Some tenants return to Augusta apartment house damaged by fire Saturday
No one was injured in a late-night electrical fire Saturday that forced evacuation of all tenants of 17-unit building at 26 Sewall St. in Augusta, and some were allowed to return home Sunday afternoon.
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PublishedJune 22, 2013
Farmingdale won’t buy state-approved salt and sand storage lot
Farmingdale voters on Saturday rejected a proposal to purchase a site containing a state-approved salt and sand containment facility after objections were raised to the cost, need and liability of owning the site.
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PublishedJune 21, 2013
RSU 4 voters to get second crack at leaner budget
The Regional School Unit 4 school board voted 6-3 Wednesday to adopt a $17.6 million proposed budget for the 2013-1014 school year, which means residents in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales will see another round of school budget votes next month.
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PublishedJune 21, 2013
Farmingdale voters oust selectman, opt to vote for road commissioner Friday
Newcomer James Grant defeated incumbent Farmingdale Selectman Rickey McKenna by a large margin on Friday, and voters changed the road commissioner position into a three-year elected term instead of a one-year appointment.
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