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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
    March 24, 2012

    Readfield man, 27, indicted on burglary, theft

    A 27-year-old Readfield man indicted on burglary and theft charges committed the offenses while the homeowners were at church, according to the prosecutor.

  • Published
    March 23, 2012

    Occupy Augusta protester’s fate in jury’s hands

    AUGUSTA — Jury deliberations will go into a second day today in the trial of a Occupy Augusta protester who refused police orders to leave the Blaine House grounds.

  • Published
    March 23, 2012

    UPDATE: Woman found guilty in Blaine House protest

    A Liberty woman is convicted of criminal trespass stemming from a protest last November when she and others failed to follow police orders to leave the Blaine House grounds.

  • Published
    March 22, 2012

    Trial begins for Blaine House protester

    AUGUSTA — Diane H. Messer, one of nine people accused of failing to leave the Blaine House grounds in November, is on trial today in Kennebec County Superior Court on a charge of criminal trespass.

  • Published
    March 21, 2012

    Disparity in Bellavance sentence opinions large

    AUGUSTA — There’s a huge gulf between prison terms that are recommended for the man convicted of burning down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro.

  • Published
    March 21, 2012

    State moves to bolster federal case against Swan

    The state has dismissed charges of forgery, theft and accepting kickbacks against former Chelsea selectwoman Carole Swan so that she will face more far-reaching and serious federal charges.

  • Published
    March 21, 2012

    Documents portray opposing portraits of convicted arsonist

    AUGUSTA — There’s a huge gulf between prison terms that are recommended for the man convicted of burning down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro.

  • Published
    March 20, 2012

    Community rallies for victims of fire

    FAYETTE — Robert Danforth credits his escape from his burning mobile home to his landlord, Alfred Judd.

  • Published
    March 19, 2012

    Final hearing set for new I-95 exit

    AUGUSTA — At a final public hearing about the proposed $11 million modification of Interstate 95’s exit 113 and upgrading of part of Old Belgrade Road, attendees will see few changes from the draft proposal shown in October.

  • Published
    March 19, 2012

    Winthrop High heads to Class B drama final

    WINTHROP — For 30 minutes on stage, Meagan Scully portrays a prostitute whose daughter aches to flee from her seedy environment and who herself just wants to be left alone.