AUGUSTA — A ballot recount at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday will determine whether incumbent state Rep. Melvin Newendyke, R-Litchfield, retains his squeaker of a win in House District 80.
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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Police GPS tracking device leads way to drug trafficker’s guilty plea
AUGUSTA — A Litchfield man pleaded guilty Thursday to trafficking in marijuana in a case in which police installed a GPS device to follow the trail of the drug from a growing site to his home.
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Litchfield Democrat seeks recount
LITCHFIELD — Democrat Rachel Sukeforth is heading to the Secretary of State’s office in Augusta to officially request a recount of votes in House District 80. Unofficial tallies show her losing by eight votes to Republican Melvin Newendyke, who sought a second term in the Legislature. The district covers Litchfield, Monmouth and Wales. The two […]
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Augusta’s Maloney wins two-year term as Kennebec and Somerset Counties district attorney
AUGUSTA — Democrat Maeghan Maloney of Augusta will be the next top prosecutor in Kennebec and Somerset counties for the next two years.
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Republican Keschl keeps House 83 seat
Republican incumbent Dennis Keschl won by 602 votes in unofficial returns to keep his seat in House District 83 thanks largely to strong support in Belgrade where he lives and where he was town manager for about five years.
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Democrat Fowle unseats Foster in House District 58
AUGUSTA — Democrat Lori Fowle unseated incumbent Republican Karen Foster in House District 58.
Unofficial results show Fowle with 2,513 votes and Foster with 2,069.
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3 incumbents keep seats in Winthrop
WINTHROP — All three council incumbents won re-election on Tuesday.
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Republican Newendyke retains House 80 seat by 8 votes
Eight votes put incumbent Rep. Melvin Newendyke, R-Litchfield, ahead of Democratic challenger Rachel Sukeforth D-Litchfield, in unofficial returns from all three towns in House District 80.
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Maloney holds commanding late-night lead in Kennebec / Somerset district attorney contest
AUGUSTA — Democrat Maeghan Maloney of Augusta has a commanding lead over Republican Darrick X. Banda in the race to be district attorney for the next two years in Kennebec and Somerset counties.
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Gardiner man faces additional charge of kidnapping in domestic dispute
AUGUSTA — A grand jury has added kidnapping to a list of charges a Gardiner man already faces involving an incident in which his girlfriend suffered a stab wound, broken ribs and a punctured lung.