AUGUSTA — Most defendants in court normally don’t get to hug the judge.
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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Maine State Lottery games stay the course while online services decided
HALLOWELL — Maine State Lottery games continue as usual while state officials decide what to do about contracting for future online game services.
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Lottery weighs online options
HALLOWELL — Maine State Lottery games continue as usual while state officials decide what to do about contracting for future online game services.
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Balloon experiment to 100,000 feet in Winthrop
Tethered balloons with tiny payloads are taking to the skies this week in pilot projects under way at three Maine high schools. This morning, sophomores in Danielle Doucette’s biology class at Winthrop High School are scheduled to launch their balloon and miniature camera 100 feet into the air.
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Randolph man found guilty of domestic violence assault
AUGUSTA — A Randolph man was found guilty Tuesday of domestic violence assault resulting from an April 9 arson at his apartment.
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Former Augusta Orthodontics bookkeeper pleads guilty
AUGUSTA — A former bookkeeper for Augusta Orthodontics pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling about $120,000 in cash from the practice during the past six years.
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Copper thief says drugs made him do it
AUGUSTA — A man who ripped copper piping from unoccupied houses and construction sites will spend 18 months behind bars and repay more than $66,000 in damage.
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Winthrop drive brings a ton of food
WINTHROP — The shelves at the Winthrop Food Pantry better be reinforced.
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Dog lifts homeless veteran’s spirits
AUGUSTA — In June 2007, Sgt. Aaron Rollins got a hero’s welcome and a special ride home from New Jersey to join fellow Iraq veterans at a Freedom Salute ceremony in Bangor.
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From combat to a parking lot
AUGUSTA — In June 2007, Sgt. Aaron Rollins got a hero’s welcome and a special ride home from New Jersey to join fellow Iraq veterans at a Freedom Salute ceremony in Bangor.