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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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  • Published
    April 13, 2012

    Winthrop district bucks staffing trend

    WINTHROP — Unlike many Maine schools districts, the district here is looking to add a couple of staffers to its schools this year.

  • Published
    April 12, 2012

    Loan for school boiler up for revote in Fayette

    FAYETTE — Residents face a revote on a proposed loan that would pay to install a wood boiler to heat Fayette Central School.

  • Published
    April 12, 2012

    Home tour offers glimpse of benefits from insulation

    AUGUSTA — The 1947 home at the top of Carlisle Street has a new blanket of insulation in the attic, new foam insulation around the sills and a much warmer feel.

  • Published
    April 11, 2012

    Old fuel tank explodes

    MANCHESTER — A man suffered second- and third-degree burns Tuesday in an explosion that occurred while he was attempting to saw an old fuel tank in half.

  • Published
    April 11, 2012

    19 guilty pleas include toilet incident

    AUGUSTA — A woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a series of theft charges, including one in which she clogged a toilet in Rite Aid in Waterville with packaging from items that she had shoplifted from the store.

  • Published
    April 10, 2012

    Man injured at Manchester fire

    MANCHESTER — A man suffered second- and third-degree burns in an explosion that occurred about 1:15 p.m. today while he was attempting to saw an old fuel tank in half.

  • Published
    April 10, 2012

    Rights panel sides with 2 complainants

    AUGUSTA — The Maine Human Rights Commission on Monday sided with complainants in two local cases, including one against the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville.

  • Published
    April 10, 2012

    Rights panel sides with two complainants

    AUGUSTA — The Maine Human Rights Commission on Monday sided with complainants in two local cases, including one against the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville.

  • Published
    April 10, 2012

    Court: Weapons found in burglary

    AUGUSTA — Police found a semiautomatic handgun in a barbecue grill and a silver-handled, fixed blade hunting knife in a couch where a suspect in an armed burglary last week was sitting.

  • Published
    April 9, 2012

    Dispatch dispute could lead to lawsuit

    CHINA — A long-running dispute between the state and the town over fees for dispatching police and sheriff’s officers could leave the town without that service or embroiled in a legal battle.