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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PublishedFebruary 12, 2013
Maine’s top court hears argument for new trial in topless coffee shop arson
Were potential witnesses intimidated by warnings about self-incrimination and did the jury rush to convict a man of burning down a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro?
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2013
Randolph man pleads guilty to reckless conduct in 2011 shooting outside Augusta bar
AUGUSTA — A Randolph man has pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, the result of an altercation that ended in a man getting shot in the leg outside the Bridge Street Tavern 22 months ago.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2013
Kennebec County pilot program puts first-time OUI offenders into diversion, treatment
The new district attorney has changed the iron-clad, no-deal policy for drunken driving charges in Kennebec County that’s been in place since 1976.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2013
Early morning chimney fire in Augusta
AUGUSTA — No one was injured in a chimney fire early today at 8 Davenport St.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2013
Files detail former Hallowell Scoutmaster’s sexual abuse of 12-year-old
AUGUSTA — Alfred J. Conrad used his position as assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 647 of Hallowell to befriend and then sexually abuse a 12-year-old Scout over a period of months in 1977.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2013
Finding Nemo? Easy. Fighting Nemo? Not so much, say Augusta plow drivers, public works bosses
AUGUSTA — Finding Nemo? No problem. Look outside. Fighting Nemo? Big problem. Look outside.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2013
Pet store animals safe after carbon monoxide buildup evacuates Augusta’s Turnpike Mall
AUGUSTA — Carbon monoxide buildup, apparently caused by a blocked roof vent pipe, brought city firefighters to the Turnpike Mall this afternoon.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2013
Ex-Chelsea selectwoman received workers comp amid extortion and fraud charges
Carole Swan, the former Chelsea selectwoman facing federal extortion and tax fraud charges, had been receiving around $50,000 annually from federal workers compensation, according to documents obtained by the Kennebec Journal through a public records request.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2013
Waterville man gets 18 months in home invasion plea bargain
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated criminal trespass and two counts of assault in exchange for the state dismissing three other charges, including robbery.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2013
Augusta karate instructor pleads guilty to child porn charges
BANGOR — An Augusta man admitted today to filming himself sexually assaulting one of his karate students and using his employer’s Internet connection to distribute images of child pornography.
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