AUGUSTA — For taking part in an armed home invasion last September and for stealing more than $15,000 in jewelry from his ex-mother-in-law, an Augusta man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison, with all but eight years suspended and three years of probation.
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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Juries to be chosen in Blaine House cases
AUGUSTA — Juries for six people accused defying police orders to leave the grounds of the Blaine House in November are scheduled to be selected Friday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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Juries for Blaine House protesters to be selected
AUGUSTA — Juries for six people accused defying police orders to leave the grounds of the Blaine House in November are scheduled to be selected Friday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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Shooting suspect pleads to number of other charges
AUGUSTA — A Vassalboro man who police say shot his daughter’s boyfriend pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court to several other charges.
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RSU 4 workshop on budget tonight
WALES — The proposed $17.8 million school budget for Regional School Unit 4 goes to a workshop session tonight as the board prepares to vote later this month.
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Time to shear the sheep
AUGUSTA — The newly sheared sheep objected in the only way they could: a cacophony of “baas” as they gamboled around the small farmyard and felt the chill weather on their pinkish skin.
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Man in jail after threatening to shoot Gov. LePage in head
AUGUSTA — A Gardiner man has been jailed on terrorizing charges for allegedly threatening to get a gun and shoot Gov. Paul LePage “between the eyes.”
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Readfield robbery suspect in court
AUGUSTA — A Bath man who is a suspect in Wednesday’s armed robbery at the Weathervane restaurant in Readfield made an initial court appearance Friday, but faced only charges of eluding an officer and violating conditions of release.
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Armed robbery suspect crashes before arrest
READFIELD — A Bath man who was arrested on charges of drunken driving and leading police on a chase that ended in a crash is the prime suspect in Wednesday night’s armed robbery of the Weathervane restaurant.
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Augusta residents raise concerns about exit 113
AUGUSTA — About 50 people gathered at City Center Thursday to learn more about the $10.8 million in road improvements near exit 113 of Interstate 95 that will ease traffic congestion at an interchange just a little farther south.