The agency, which served those with mental disabilities and illness, closed abruptly May 9.
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.
Whitefield woman indicted in firewood, poker attack on dad in Randolph
Briana L. Rideout, 19, remains at the Kennebec County jail in lieu of $15,000 bail.
Readfield woman allegedly used 12-gauge shotgun to shoot her husband, 81, in the back
Sally Ann Earl-Costello was in court Friday on a charge of elevated aggravated assault against her husband, Hugh Costello, and her bail was set at $75,000.
Augusta physician’s license suspended after allegations she self-prescribed narcotics
Dr. Robin Locke, 42, of Readfield, resigned from MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Alfond Cancer Center, according to her attorney.
Readfield shooting the latest in a series of domestic disputes, police say
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office said Sally Ann Earl-Costello shot her husband Hugh outside their residence in Readfield Wednesday afternoon.
Voters in towns OK $17.2 million Maranacook schools budget
The next step is a referendum at the polls June 13.
Bus driver forgets 5-year-old boy on Gardiner bus
The boy was found walking on Brunswick Avenue and was given a ride home by a police officer.
Augusta drug dealer to serve a year in prison
Larry Murphy was free on bail on drug trafficking charges when police found heroin and cocaine in his home.
Canaan woman pleads guilty to drug possession
Police found the drugs in a crawl space in the Pittston home where she was a housekeeper.
Amber Alert case sends Augusta mom to jail for 48 hours
Karen Lea pleaded no contest to child endangerment Tuesday and was found guilty.