The parents, Michael and Katie Smith, of China, were awarded $500,000 in damages in the medical malpractice case.
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.
Bail set at $150,000 in Waterville drug case
The woman who was arrested was reported to be too ill to be brought before a judge on Friday.
Woman accused of burning down South China home over financial dispute with husband
Rebecca Poulin, 65, allegedly set the fire, destroying the house at 230 Lakeview Drive after an argument with her husband about credit card debt.
Augusta man pleads guilty to heroin trafficking
A confidential informant had told police that Michael L. Journet II, 38, was bringing heroin to sell in Augusta, police said.
Augusta man violates bail order with 295 calls to former girlfriend
Nathan Avery will spend 18 months in jail for calling the woman while he was in jail, the state said.
Former Oakland woman imprisoned for 8 years for sexual assault on 3-year-old boy
Sarah Conway also was ordered to spend 18 years on supervised release after the prison term.
Waterville man accused of selling cocaine near school, park
Ernest Green, 40, has been charged with aggravated trafficking in crack cocaine and is behind bars at the Kennebec County jail.
Former Cumberland corrections officer charged with aggravated assault in shooting of fellow trainee
Matthew Benger is also accused of reckless conduct with a firearm in the June incident at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.
Belgrade man indicted on charge of attempting to murder sheriff’s deputy
Scott Bubar, who was arrested after a shooting that left his father dead, is accused of trying to kill Sgt. Jacob Pierce.
Wayne man indicted on manslaughter, drunken driving charges from May crash
Tyler Goucher’s attorney says he will plead not guilty to the death of one man and injury of another.