AUGUSTA — A Waterville man has been indicted on charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching involving four children over a one-year period.
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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Man faces sex crime charges involving four children
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man has been indicted on charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching involving four children over a one-year period.
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Veteran’s new friends pitch in
AUGUSTA — Two and a half weeks after a story appeared about former Army Sgt. Aaron Rollins living in his pickup with his service dog, things are looking up and he’s feeling less alone.
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Readers respond, help homeless veteran
AUGUSTA — Two and a half weeks after a story appeared about former Army Sgt. Aaron Rollins living in his pickup with his service dog, things are looking up and he’s feeling less alone.
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Investigation suggests inmate died of overdose
AUGUSTA — An investigation into the death of an inmate Tuesday at the Kennebec County jail is pointing to a drug overdose, according to Sheriff Randall Liberty.
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Inmate’s death: Drug overdose
AUGUSTA — An investigation into the death of an inmate Tuesday at the Kennebec County jail is pointing to a drug overdose, according to Sheriff Randall Liberty.
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Court rules for mobile home park’s tenants
The owner of a mobile-home park in Augusta has been -ordered to pay former tenants $4,500 for his failure to repair burst pipes, forcing the tenants to tote water for nine months and to empty toilets by hand for more than half that time.
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UPDATE 10:53 a.m.: Overdose suspected in inmate death
AUGUSTA — An investigation into the death of an inmate Tuesday at the Kennebec County jail is pointing to a drug overdose, according to Sheriff Randall Liberty.
Nicholas Michael Powell, 22, was found dead in his two-bed room in the trusty area of the Augusta jail.
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Kennebec County jail inmate found dead
AUGUSTA — An inmate at the Kennebec County jail was found dead in his cell just before 5 a.m. Tuesday. Sheriff Randall Liberty identified the man as Nicholas Michael Powell, 22, whose most recent address is in Lewiston, but who grew up in Clinton and Fairfield.
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Inmate, 22, discovered dead in cell
AUGUSTA — An inmate at the Kennebec County jail was found dead in his cell just before 5 a.m. Tuesday.