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Kennebec Journal

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.

Maine Crime

Waterville women charged with beating woman, stealing $100 from her

by Betty Adams January 3, 2018January 3, 2018

The victim told police the attack and theft might have been payback for something she or her ex-boyfriend might have done.

Maine Crime

Augusta residents sentenced in separate drug cases

by Betty Adams January 2, 2018January 2, 2018

Angelia Carrigan, 40, was ordered to spend an initial 18 months in prison for trafficking; while Emanuel P. Rocque III, 40, was sentenced to an initial 60 days in jail.

Local & State

Frigid temperature, then brief ‘thaw,’ raise alarms over burst pipes, sprinklers

by Betty Adams January 2, 2018January 2, 2018

Firefighters and heating and plumbing companies are seeing an uptick in calls for assistance a week into a deep freeze that has plunged the temperature below zero.