A homeless Seattle man appeared in court Thursday on extradition proceedings that would bring him back to Maine to face a charge he killed Blanche Jimball 36 years ago.
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 seek information about victim of 1976 Augusta slaying
AUGUSTA — Police know how Blanche M. Kimball was killed 36 years ago, and now they believe they have found her killer. But the woman at the heart of the investigation remains a mystery.
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Homeless man charged in 1976 Augusta murder
AUGUSTA — DNA from a homeless Seattle man’s chewing gum helped lead authorities to arrest the man in connection with a 36-year-old Augusta cold case murder.
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RSU 4 to vote on school bus option
WALES — The divisive school busing issue that was never resolved formally last spring is out for a spin again.
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MaineGeneral I-95 North Augusta exit may be ready next year
AUGUSTA — The regulatory permitting process is nearing an end for the $11 million road construction project designed to allow north and southbound motorists using Interstate 95’s Exit 113 to reach Routes 8, 11 and 27.
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Convicted arsonist of Winthrop library pleads guilty to new crimes
AUGUSTA — Three years ago, Zachary B. Lowe, then 16, pleaded guilty to setting fire to the Winthrop public library by pushing a lit paper towel roll through a basement window.
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Lunch is on towns: Schools ask Litchfield, Wales, Sabbattus to pick up $100K meals tab
LITCHFIELD — Selectmen have a whopper of a late lunch bill.
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Oakland woman admits Post Office embezzlement
An Oakland woman who admitted embezzling $6,500 in postal service money said she did so to help her family budget and pay for gas.
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Augusta burglary suspect arrested while buying bus ticket
AUGUSTA — A city man faces seven charges each of burglary and theft related to break-ins at various houses, including two near his own home on Bond Brook Road.
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District attorney race offers clear choices
AUGUSTA — The divide could hardly be wider in the race to be the next top prosecutor in Kennebec and Somerset counties.