Raishawn Key had requested a dismissal, saying he did not have the resources to pursue the lawsuit from prison.
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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Skowhegan man pleads guilty to robbing Waterville inn
Patrick Leblanc is the second person to plead guilty to the March 17 robbery on Kennedy Memorial Drive.
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Man accused of sex abuse of minor in Windsor
The state says Dylan Scott Gagnon, 25, of Mattawamkeag, committed the offenses between Nov. 24, 2016 and May 16, 2017.
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Fayette man charged with firing gun into air, into farm stand
Matthew Brigham was released from jail Wednesday after pleading not guilty to three misdemeanor charges.
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Fayette seeking part-time school superintendent
Jim Hodgkin resigned after taking an interim post in the midcoast.
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Waterville man apologizes for robbery, then forges document and gets longer prison term
Emmanual Hurtado had altered his sentencing document a day earlier to show a two-year term for robbery rather than three.
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Leroy Smith pleads not criminally responsible to charge of murdering his father
A jury selected Thursday will decide the verdict in the stabbing death and dismemberment of his father in Gardiner.
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Winslow woman sentenced for embezzling money from veterans group
Cara Bird received an 18-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay back $4,389 that she stole over three years as treasurer of the Winslow VFW Auxiliary.
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Parents of slain Augusta man drop appeal to have victims’ fund pay funeral costs
Eric Williams was killed on Christmas Day in 2015 by a single gunshot to the head after authorities say he burglarized the apartment of David W. Marble Jr., who is charged in the killing.
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Belgrade petition question over school district withdrawal sparks debate
Residents weighed in on the school withdrawal question, which aims to start a lengthy process examining the feasibility of Belgrade leaving Regional School Unit 18.