Some 9,700 patients received letters saying they owed the healthcare system money, but the hospital says it was a ‘technical error.’
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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Pittston man pleads not guilty to manslaughter in 2015 ATV crash
Halee Cummings, 18, of Sidney, died after the ATV went off a driveway and into a ditch, striking several trees and ejecting her.
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Randolph woman gets four-year suspended sentence for drug deal, jewelry theft
The judge warned Megan Woodcock, 19, that if she uses drugs again, she could end up in prison.
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Litchfield Dollar General store struck by vehicle
The driver, Nicholas Osgood, was arrested on charges of driving to endanger and violating conditions of release.
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Accidental shooting of corrections officer in Vassalboro results in criminal charge and civil claim
Matthew Benger, 24, of Saco, is charged with reckless conduct with a firearm following the June 12 incident.
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Augusta man accused of tossing live bedbugs at city workers wants jury trial
Charles Manning, 74, said in court Monday that citizens of the city would be a lot more understanding than city employees.
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Fayette’s David Pond losing water, alarming property owners who want action
Shorefront property owners are working with owners of the pond’s impoundment to seek a solution amid concern that reduced water level could affect wildlife, recreation and ecology and depress property values.
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Augusta health agency appeals ruling it overbilled state $392K
The state Department of Health & Human Services claims AngleZ Behavioral Health Services owes the state more than $392,603 from 2013.
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Waterville vehicle fire leads to arson charges against 2 men
A judge set bail at $5,000 each for the men, who are described as transients from out of state who allegedly set a vehicle ablaze in the parking lot of Super Shoes.
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Belgrade board decides to revisit proposed parking, traffic ordinance
The vote to reconsider it was 3-2 Tuesday night, but one selectman opined that most residents ‘don’t like new regulations.’