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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
    January 8, 2012

    Former coffee shop owner unsure about verdict

    While Raymond Bellavance Jr. was found guilty on Dec. 30 of burning down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, the man who lost his business and his home in the fire says he is not resting easy.

  • Published
    January 8, 2012

    Former coffee-shop owner wonders if Bellavance is the arsonist

    While Raymond Bellavance Jr. was found guilty on Dec. 30 of burning down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, the man who lost his business and his home in the fire says he is not resting easy.

  • Published
    January 5, 2012

    Swan’s lawyer says settlement in works

    AUGUSTA — The attorney for a former Chelsea selectwoman accused of misusing town money said he is working with federal prosecutors to try to negotiate a settlement.

  • Published
    January 5, 2012

    Swan’s attorney talking to feds about possible settlement

    AUGUSTA — The attorney for a former Chelsea selectwoman accused of misusing town money said he is working with federal prosecutors to try to negotiate a settlement.

  • Published
    January 4, 2012

    Fayette making slow progress trying to establish public park

    FAYETTE — The town has an uphill battle to raise $30,000 by a March 7 deadline that will help create a public park on Hales Pond and Hales Brook.

  • Published
    December 31, 2011

    Bellavance found guilty

    AUGUSTA — Raymond Bellavance Jr. was found guilty Friday on two charges of arson in connection with the 2009 fire that destroyed the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro.

  • Published
    December 31, 2011

    Verdict’s in: Bellavance found guilty

    AUGUSTA — Raymond Bellavance Jr. was found guilty Friday on two charges of arson in connection with the 2009 fire that destroyed the Grand View Coffee Shop in Vassalboro.

  • Published
    December 30, 2011

    Bellavance takes stand

    AUGUSTA — Testifying in his own defense Thursday, Raymond Bellavance Jr. said he considered topless coffee shop waitress Krista MacIntyre a “friend with benefits” and was not jealous of her relationships with other men.

  • Published
    December 30, 2011

    Bellavance testifies, denies setting fire to topless coffee shop

    AUGUSTA — Testifying in his own defense Thursday, Raymond Bellavance Jr. said he considered topless coffee shop waitress Krista MacIntyre a “friend with benefits” and was not jealous of her relationships with other men.

  • Published
    December 29, 2011

    Bellavance considering testimony

    AUGUSTA — After eight days of testimony, the trial of a man accused of burning down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop is winding down.