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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PublishedDecember 14, 2012
Windham company’s prefabricated counters, cabinets speed up new hospital fittings
AUGUSTA — All the woodwork, countertops, sink tops, windowsills and even the protective strips along the walls and the corner protectors are coming from a single firm in Windham.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2012
Judge rules against ex-Chelsea selectwoman in fraud case
A federal judge has rejected former Chelsea selectwoman’s Carole Swan’s efforts to keep her admissions to deputies out of her upcoming fraud trial.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2012
Final Occupy Augusta defendant pleads guilty to Blaine House trespassing
AUGUSTA — The ninth and final defendant charged with criminal trespass for refusing to leave the grounds of the governor’s residence last year pleaded guilty Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2012
Bail set at $700K for Winslow man charged in Waterville shooting death
AUGUSTA — A Winslow man charged in a shooting death in Waterville last week had bail set at $700,000 on Monday.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2012
Augusta hospital complex sold to Central Maine Commerce Center developer for $2.5 million
AUGUSTA — The developer responsible for converting a former computer manufacturing site into the office park known as the Central Maine Commerce Center will now turn his attention to the city’s soon-to-close hospital properties.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2012
Winthrop Rite Aid robber to serve three years in prison
AUGUSTA — A city man was sentenced Wednesday to serve an initial three years behind bars for robbing the Rite Aid pharmacy in Winthrop a year ago.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2012
Augusta man sentenced to six years for stabbing domestic partner
AUGUSTA — Michael T. Young will spend the next six years behind bars for the stabbing death of his domestic partner, David Cox, but he’s not admitting that he killed him.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2012
Man jailed in Augusta stabbing death, but won’t admit guilt
AUGUSTA — Michael T. Young will spend the next six years behind bars for the stabbing death of his partner, David Cox.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2012
Indicted Chelsea selectwoman claims illiteracy in pretrial hearing
BANGOR — Carole Swan, who spent 19 years as a Chelsea selectwoman signing warrants and conducting other town business, testified in federal court here Wednesday that she is illiterate.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2012
Winthrop Historical Society revives calendar featuring photos of town’s past
WINTHROP — Want to track the new year with a look at the old town and its inhabitants?
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