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 12, 2013
Mount Vernon voters elect selectman, validate school budget
Paul Crockett was elected to the Mount Vernon select board Tuesday by 110 write-in votes after no one opted to take out nominating papers for the post being vacated by Malcolm Hardy. Mount Vernon also opted 159-131 to validate the school budget.
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PublishedJune 10, 2013
Kennebec Journal newspaper carrier aids stricken customer
Rollie Pelkey, a Kennebec Journal newspaper carrier, aided Dianne McLaughlin of Randolph on May 31, after finding her passed out on her deck at 2 a.m.
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PublishedJune 9, 2013
Augusta stabbing suspect has history of domestic violence
David N. Delesline, 44, sought in connection with the stabbing of a 35-year-old woman early Sunday in Augusta, has a history of domestic violence fueled by alcohol abuse, according to court records.
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PublishedJune 9, 2013
At Winthrop High School commencement, family matters most
Family is important in Winthrop, as evidenced at the high school’s commencement Sunday, by the introduction of each student speaker along with the names of their parents.
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PublishedJune 8, 2013
Steel, concrete giving form to new Augusta courthouse complex
Ten months into the building of a new consolidated courthouse in Augusta, the outline of the structure at Winthrop and Perham streets is visible to motorists, on budget and on time.
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PublishedJune 7, 2013
Man pulled from Augusta apartment fire dies
John “Jack” Murray, 62, who was rescued from his burning Augusta apartment building May 23, has died of his injuries.
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PublishedJune 6, 2013
Fayette voters to consider budget with no tax rate change
Property owners should see the tax rate hold steady at $13.55 per $1,000 of assessed value if voters approve the budget as proposed at the business portion of the annual Town Meeting June 15.
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PublishedJune 5, 2013
RSU 4 budget sails through; means loss of nine teachers
Proposed $17.7 million budget for Wales, Litchfield and Sabbatus goes to polls for final approval Tuesday. RSU 2 $24.4M budget also passed by Dresden, Richmond, Hallowell, Farmindgale and Monmouth voters.
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PublishedJune 5, 2013
Madison father charged after son brings loaded gun to Hallowell day care
Adam J. Keene is charged with reckless conduct, a misdemeanor, after his loaded gun was found in his 4-year-old son’s backpack at a Hallowell day care center last month.
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PublishedJune 4, 2013
Waterville child-sex ring convict sent back to prison for 8 years
Foster James McClure, 56, convicted in a mid-1980s child prostitution ring in Waterville, was returned to prison for the remaining eight years left in his sentence on Tuesday, after violating his probation by having contact with children under 18.
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