A third defendant, Aubrey Armstrong, who was recently returned to Maine from New York and has refused to identify himself, is expected to continue to trial.
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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Belgrade board may revisit local parking and traffic ordinance
Selectman Michael Barrett plans to ask the board to reconsider its 2-2 rejection vote of the proposed rules that would mainly affect the village area.
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Parents of man slain in Manchester seek compensation from victims’ fund for funeral, counseling
Eric Williams was one of two people killed Dec. 25, 2015, in Manchester not far from his Augusta home.
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Winslow robbery suspect says he used a BB gun to threaten couple
Mark A. Kennedy, 47, remains behind bars in lieu of $400,000 bail.
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Police: Gardiner man steals laptop, jewelry, video game system from home
Robert Patrick Loukola, 33, was arrested outside the High Holborn Street home on burglary charges.
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Bowdoin man to spend 5 years in prison for stealing truck, drunken driving, assault
Kelby Hampson, 25, apologized in court for being “a waste of time for everybody.”
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Burning abandoned Manchester garage leads to jail sentence
Timothy Overlock, 43, pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated criminal mischief.
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Vienna continues local community theater tradition
A 1909 play is one of two being presented this week by the Vienna Historical Society, a community tradition now in its 35th year.
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New York man to serve 10 years for bringing illegal drugs to Maine
Christopher Wilson, 44, was sentenced Monday at the Capital Judicial Center.
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Dakota the dog’s life spared under court deal
A settlement agreed to on Monday keeps the dog outside of Kennebec County, where she will receive training, following a judge’s euthanasia order and intervention by Gov. Paul LePage.