AUGUSTA — Paul Cote, the man who suffered an apparent medical problem at a public meeting Tuesday night, died at the scene.
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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Exit 113 meeting halted
AUGUSTA — A preliminary public hearing on roadway reconfiguration around Exit 113 of Interstate 95 came to an abrupt halt Tuesday night when an audience member was stricken with a medical problem.
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No arson charge againstman after Randolph fire
AUGUSTA — The man who allegedly threatened to burn a two-story Randolph apartment building owned by a former top aide to Gov. Paul LePage is not facing arson charges.
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3 indicted in Manchester home invasion
AUGUSTA — A Farmingdale woman has been indicted on charges related to a home invasion last month in which a resident was awakened in the middle of the night by a masked man who threatened her with a knife.
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Winthrop library to get new roof
WINTHROP — C.M. Bailey Public Library, soon to be a century old, is slated for a new roof. A $74,282 grant from the Communities for Maine’s Future program, and a matching amount from the library’s board of trustees endowment fund, should be enough to pay for a new slate roof, said Richard Fortin, library director.
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Comfort food served with warmth
WINTHROP — Open the kitchen door and take in the aroma. Barbecuing chicken, baking ham and roasting pork fill ovens and a grill.
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Winthrop students to start catching bus earlier
WINTHROP — It might be earlier to bed for Winthrop students, because it will definitely be earlier to rise if they want to catch the bus.
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Hot Meals Kitchen feeding hungry from B&B, not church
WINTHROP — Open the kitchen door and take in the aroma. Barbecuing chicken, baking ham and roasting pork fill ovens and a grill.
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Wintle indicted on gun charges
AUGUSTA — A former state legislator was indicted Friday in connection with a May 21 incident in which he is accused of pulling a gun on a stranger in a parking lot in Waterville.
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Grand jury indicts former state rep in gun incident
AUGUSTA — A former state legislator was indicted Friday in connection with a May 21 incident in which he is accused of pulling a gun on a stranger in a parking lot in Waterville.