AUGUSTA — As part of Christopher Mosher’s sentence on a charge of domestic violence, he got two years probation and was required to complete a certified batterers’ intervention program.
Betty Adams
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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Pike Industries nabs exit 113 construction project
AUGUSTA — Pike Industries is the low bidder on the multimillion-dollar construction project that will connect Route 3 with Civic Center Drive and allow motorists to enter and leave Interstate 95 at exit 113 from all directions.
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Transient pleads not guilty to 1976 Augusta murder
Gary S. Raub, who rented a room from the victim, is linked to the crime by DNA evidence.
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Wheelchair-equipped van catches fire in Litchfield
LITCHFIELD — A wheelchair-equipped van was gutted by fire late Wednesday afternoon as it was being worked on in a Litchfield garage.
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Budget gap could leave $2.3 million hole at Riverview
AUGUSTA — A steady influx of mental patients at the Riverview Psychiatric Center who are accused of committing crimes is stripping the state hospital of federal money and adding to a ballooning multi-million-dollar budget hole.
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Partridge lawyer asks for a speedy trial on Waterville murder charge
AUGUSTA — A 30-year-old Winslow man pleaded not guilty today to a charge of murder in the Dec. 4 shooting death of Justin V. Smith, 26, of China.
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Award-winning mental health advocate resigns NAMI Maine leadership
AUGUSTA — Carol L. Carothers, with multiple awards for her advocacy on behalf of people living with mental illness, has stepped down after 14 years as executive director of the Augusta-based National Alliance on Mental Illness Maine.
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Augusta man to serve 2 years for Walmart pharmacy robbery
Jason L. Truman, 33, told police he sold the OxyContin pills he stole to pay a deposit on his sister’s apartment.
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Court construction project’s neighbors endure noise, shaking with good humor
AUGUSTA — The front porch of the apartment building at 32 Court St. offers a great view of the construction site of a new courthouse bordered by Winthrop, Perham and Court streets.
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Augusta pharmacy robbers to face federal prosecution
AUGUSTA — It’s the new normal for pharmacy robberies in Maine’s capital city: Suspects will be hunted by both Augusta police and the FBI and will face federal prosecution.