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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PublishedMay 4, 2013
Fire destroys Wayne barn, burns nearby woods Saturday
Firefighters from nine towns spent almost four hours Saturday afternoon battling a barn fire that spread to several acres of a field and then to the woods just off Berry Road in Wayne
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PublishedMay 3, 2013
Litchfield crash cuts off electricity
LITCHFIELD — A single-vehicle crash early today that broke a utility pole cut off power to residents in the Bowdoin, Litchfield and Sabattus for almost an hour and a half.
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PublishedMay 2, 2013
Recent bomb threats discussed at RSU 4 forum
More than two dozen parents and almost an equal number of staff members from Regional School Unit 4 gathered for a public discussion Thursday about the recent rash of bomb threats at schools in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales.
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PublishedMay 1, 2013
Federal drug charges net man, woman prison time
An Augusta man and an Albion woman received federal prison terms for their roles in a conspiracy to sell cocaine and oxycodone in central Maine.
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PublishedMay 1, 2013
Public meeting on hermit scheduled
People who think they lost property to the North Pond Hermit will have a chance to identify and reclaim it Saturday during a public meeting.
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PublishedApril 30, 2013
County sheriffs, health care representatives warn of the dangers of legalizing marijuana
Four county sheriffs teamed up with representatives of community health care providers today at a news conference at the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office in Augusta to warn of the danger to society in general, and youth in particular, of legalizing marijuana.
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PublishedApril 26, 2013
Jurors convict Brooklyn man of drug trafficking near Waterville school
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man has been convicted of eight charges related to drug trafficking that occurred last year near Albert S. Hall School in Waterville.
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PublishedApril 26, 2013
Waterville man sentenced on drug charges Monday pleads guilty to stabbing Friday
Jesse J. Jones, 24, of Waterville, was sentenced Monday on drug trafficking charges in federal court has pleaded guilty Friday in state court to stabbing a man outside the Bob-In bar last May 6 in Waterville.
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PublishedApril 24, 2013
Muslim scholar talks of shared understanding at UMA
A human rights activist and Muslim scholar spoke to a group at the University of Maine at Augusta. He says other Muslims condemn the actions of the Boston Marathon bombers.
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PublishedApril 24, 2013
State files complaint against Kennebec Arsenal owner, wants site returned
The state Attorney General’s office has filed a court complaint against would-be developer Tom Niemann because the owner of the historic Kennebec Arsenal property has failed to make major improvements to it after five years.
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