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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PublishedMarch 27, 2013
Wrong-door try leads to assault charges
A defendant who repeatedly tried to exit a courtroom by a door that leads to the judges’ chambers Tuesday now faces two charges of assault on an officer.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2013
Waterville nexus of drug trafficking ring pleads guilty to federal drug charges
Maurice McCray, 31, of Waterville who authorities said was the nexus for a drug trafficking ring in central Maine pleads guilty to federal charges of distributing prescriptions drugs and cocaine.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2013
Former legislator sentenced on Waterville gun-threat conviction
Former state Rep. Frederick L. Wintle, 60, of Garland, was sentenced Tuesday to time served and one year of probation, for pulling a gun on a stranger on May 21, 2011, in a Waterville parking lot.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2013
Episcopal priest to spend 45 days in jail on drug conviction
The Rev. Stephen Foote, who mailed suboxone to two jail inmates, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of possession of the prescription medication.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013
Old Fort Western fetes traditional tree tapping, syrup rendering on Maple Syrup Day
On Sunday, scores of people flooded Old Fort Western and its nearby grounds to watch the maple syrup manufacturing process from tree to sugar and to inhale the heady smell of sticky-sweet steam.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013
Chelsea man jailed on charges of burglarizing Windsor Veterinary Clinic
John F. Gilboy, 38, of Chelsea, remained in the Kennebec County jail Sunday, charged in connection with a Thursday break-in at the Windsor Veterinary Clinic.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013
Fire destroys Mount Vernon home, business Sunday morning
An early morning fire Sunday destroyed a two-story home and business on Bean Road in Mount Vernon, but homeowner Eric Whitehouse and his dog escaped the blaze unhurt.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2013
State budget forum calls for higher tourism taxes, service fees on tax-exempt properties
Four legislators who represent all or part of Augusta hosted a forum at City Center to talk with residents about the proposed state budget’s effects and where changes can be made.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2013
McCormick wins West Gardiner selectman post
Longtime West Gardiner selectman Victor Goodwin Sr. was ousted in his bid for re-election Saturday by former legislator Earle McCormick.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2013
Riverview ballpoint pen attack stopped by patient
Mark Murphy, 47, formerly of York County, a patient at Riverview Psychiatric Center attacked a 26-year-old mental health worker, until a second patient came to her rescue, according to a court affidavit.
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