Lt. Anagelys Cruz has been assigned to hurricane relief work.
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.
Oakland educator to serve as Fayette school chief
Joseph Mattos was selected as the new superintendent by the School Committee.
Fairfield man pleads not guilty to attempted murder of ex-girlfriend in Oakland
Jeremy A. Clement was arraigned on five related charges Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center.
Mass. man sentenced to 18 months for drug conspiracy
Jose Figueroa was arrested in December in Augusta after search warrants were executed in several locations in Augusta.
Palmyra man sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison
Warren Laprell had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Fairfield tile installer accused of stealing postal money orders
Brandon J. Knox is scheduled for a hearing later this month in federal court on a charge of theft of government property.
Augusta man sentenced for forgery, stealing metal roofing
Christopher E. Williams pleaded guilty to the charges Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center.
Federal panel denies new trial bid by veteran arrested at Augusta homeless shelter
A jury in May 2016 cleared two city police officers of a claim of excessive use of force.
Brunswick man arraigned on charge of attempting to murder a deputy
Scott Bubar pleaded not guilty Monday to the charge stemming from a shootout with police in Belgrade in May when his father was killed.
Two-time robber will serve 6 years in prison
Tylor Reece of Skowhegan had the remainder of a 25-year sentence suspended while he serves eight years on probation.