AUGUSTA — Admitting he was high on crack cocaine at the time, a homeless man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he kidnapped a 52-year-old woman from a parking lot in December and robbed her.
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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Bust was last step in drug investigation
A search warrant used to gather evidence of alleged drug trafficking in the Waterville and Augusta areas reveals that agents watched two defendants, their homes, their vehicles and their girlfriends for about six weeks before making arrests late last month.
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Family visit turns into aid for thousands
On a visit to see family in Pakistan last November, Dr. Irfan Ali of Augusta volunteered his services at tiny Aisha Bibi Memorial Hospital.
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Family visit turns into aid for 2,000 poor
On a visit to see family in Pakistan last November, Dr. Irfan Ali of Augusta volunteered his services at tiny Aisha Bibi Memorial Hospital.
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Litchfield residents worried about bridge’s future
LITCHFIELD — Memo to Maine Turnpike Authority Executive Director Peter Mills: Keep the Lunts Hill Road bridge open.
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Generator already paying dividends for local food bank
LITCHFIELD — The power went out on a Thursday several weeks ago just as people were lining up to get food from the Litchfield Community Food Bank, which is housed at the Litchfield Community Christian Church on Hallowell Road.
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Fiber Frolic kicks off agriculture fairs
WINDSOR — Llamas, alpacas, sheep, goats, rabbits and their wool and fur starred at the 12th annual Maine Fiber Frolic, the state’s first agricultural fair of the season.
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Activity patchwork at Maine Fiber Frolic
WINDSOR — Llamas, alpacas, sheep, goats, rabbits and their wool and fur starred at the 12th annual Maine Fiber Frolic, the state’s first agricultural fair of the season.
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Truck driver talks crash
AUGUSTA — Suzanne Tanner sat up straighter and leaned across a table to hear what a truck driver had to say about the crash that killed her 12-year-old daughter last summer.
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Truck driver involved in crash has hearing
AUGUSTA — Suzanne Tanner sat up straighter and leaned across a table to hear what a truck driver had to say about the crash that killed her 12-year-old daughter last summer.