AUGUSTA — A Randolph man on Friday pleaded guilty to robbery and was given a chance to rehabilitate himself through a specialty court program set up to aid offenders diagnosed with mental disorders and substance abuse problems.
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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Toddler’s mother gets jail time for cocaine incident
AUGUSTA — A Bingham woman whose toddler swallowed cocaine last August will spend 90 days in jail.
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Bank looks to raze, replace historic Farmingdale mansion
FARMINGDALE — A former ship captain’s mansion that has stood at 1 Northern Ave. since 1826 is scheduled to be torn down as soon as next week.
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Bank to replace historic Farmingdale mansion
FARMINGDALE — A former ship captain’s mansion that has stood at 1 Northern Ave. since 1826 is scheduled to be torn down as soon as next week.
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New trial for Bellavance hits obstacle
AUGUSTA — A judge on Wednesday refused to allow the most damning witness against Raymond Bellavance Jr. to return to the stand as part of the defense’s attempt for a new trial in the topless coffee shop arson case.
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Bid for new coffee-shop arson trial suffers setback
AUGUSTA — A judge on Wednesday refused to allow the most damning witness against Raymond Bellavance Jr. to return to the stand as part of the defense’s attempt for a new trial in the topless coffee shop arson case.
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Bickford pleads guilty to break-in, assault
AUGUSTA — A China man on Tuesday admitted breaking into a neighbor’s home last summer and sexually assaulting her before she was able to flee.
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Bickford pleads guilty
AUGUSTA — A China man on Tuesday admitted breaking into a neighbor’s home last summer and sexually assaulting her before she was able to flee.
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Senate race all set
A veteran Republican legislator from Waldoboro and a Democrat who ran in the 2010 election are vying for the state Senate District 20 seat recently vacated by Republican David Trahan.
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Despite struggles, MaineGeneral still building
AUGUSTA — People are using MaineGeneral Medical Center facilities less than the company had predicted, so the central Maine hospital system has fewer patients to treat and less money coming in.