AUGUSTA — A city man who spent six years in federal prison for armed robbery of a pharmacy a decade ago pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court to charges that will send him back to jail for four years.
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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Pharmacy robber admits Augusta hammer attack
An Augusta man who spent six years in federal prison for the robbery pleads guilty to charges that will send him back to jail for four years.
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Roadwork finish likely two years away
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MaineGeneral’s newest hospital taking shape
AUGUSTA — Just about any child would be thrilled to watch the more than 30 heavy construction vehicles, including excavators, tractor shovels, bulldozers, dump trucks, cranes and pile drivers work at the new hospital site in Augusta. The site is the largest construction project under way in central Maine and will result in a new 192-bed hospital for MaineGeneral Medical Center, with an address of 35 Medical Center Parkway.
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Old electronic donations bring the heat
AUGUSTA — Old, weathered console TVs, microwaves ovens with bent corners, computer monitors and towers, laptops and all matter of other electronic devices will help heat some home this winter.
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MaineGeneral in a race against winter
AUGUSTA — Just about any child would be thrilled to watch the more than 30 heavy construction vehicles, including excavators, tractor shovels, bulldozers, dump trucks, cranes and pile drivers work at the new hospital site in Augusta.
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Teen sentenced to jail for punching cop
AUGUSTA — A Waterville teenager was sentenced as an adult Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court for repeatedly punching a police officer in the face in June.
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The time is now, says pipeline proponent
AUGUSTA — A natural gas pipeline forming a spine through the Kennebec Valley region would help spur economic growth and more business opportunities, Richard Silkman told a group of area business people on Wednesday.
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Company partner pitches gas pipeline
AUGUSTA — A natural gas pipeline forming a spine through the Kennebec Valley region would help spur economic growth and more business opportunities, Richard Silkman told a group of area business people on Wednesday.