AUGUSTA — A Superior Court judge has cleared the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland in the final count of a civil lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by a former city priest against a young boy.
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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Portland diocese cleared in Augusta abuse case
AUGUSTA — A Superior Court judge has cleared the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland in the final count of a civil lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by a former city priest against a young boy.
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Monmouth man sentenced in methamphetamine bust
AUGUSTA — One of a three men accused of making methamphetamine at a Monmouth home pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges Wednesday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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Jefferson woman admits involvement in 46 crimes
AUGUSTA — A Jefferson woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in 46 crimes, most of them burglaries and thefts, that occurred throughout Kennebec County.
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Plenty of advice on school budget at Winthrop meeting
WINTHROP — Almost 100 people turned up Wednesday evening with plenty of ideas on what they wanted cut from the school budget that has twice been rejected by voters.
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Sidney man charged with raping 4-year-old girl, recording acts
A Sidney man faces accusations that he raped a 4-year-old girl while baby-sitting the child and recorded the acts on his cellphone, according to police.
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Police: Sidney man raped girl, 4
Eric L. Bard, 22, was arrested Friday and made an initial court appearance via video at Waterville District Court Monday afternoon. There, a judge increased the initial bail set in the arrest warrant to $100,000 cash.
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Wayne dam repairs close public swim spot
WAYNE — First you hear sound of the falls.
Then you see the water, placid on one side and then falling on the other side of the town-owned North Wayne Dam.
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Accused killer of Readfield man charged after attack on Kennebec County Jail guard
AUGUSTA — Awaiting trial on charges of killing a Readfield man and burning his house down, a Massachusetts man is now accused of assaulting a corrections officer at the Kennebec County jail and smearing his own feces inside his cell.
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Litchfield fire department to get 2 new fire trucks
LITCHFIELD — Selectmen have authorized Town Manager Michael Byron to buy two new firetrucks.