Daniel Fortune was sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 attack, which left a 10-year-old girl and her father severely injured.
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.
Hallowell bridge work slows traffic, confounds those trying to get around
‘It’s a darn mess,’ said one local business owner who worries about access to his personal training business.
Ethics complaint by ex-Augusta man acquitted in puppy kicking incident falls short
The Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar dismissed Michael Hein’s complaint about being recorded on video while working out on a treadmill in a private health club.
Fayette voters OK partnering with Readfield, Wayne in transfer station
The proposal was approved by a voice vote Monday night at a special town meeting.
Convicted Augusta killer asks state’s highest court for new trial
The defense argues that the prosecutor’s ‘green-eyed monster’ description prejudiced jurors in the case involving the November 2013 stabbing death of Jillian T. Jones.
Ohio murder suspect arrested in Augusta drug raid waives extradition
Matthew Mason was one of three men arrested after police investigated reports of drug trafficking at a Bridge Street home.
Two escape injury in Litchfield garage blaze that reached the house
Fire Chief Stanley Labbe said a family dog alerted the family to the fire.
Readfield prepares warrant for Town Meeting
A public meeting is scheduled for April 12; then selectmen will finalize the warrant for the secret-ballot vote in June.
100 years ago, an adjustable tourniquet invented by Augusta man was new technology
Leo Murphy found the drawings and hundreds of the devices in the attic at Plummer’s Funeral Home in Augusta.
Gov. LePage attracts big crowd as guest bartender in Hallowell
The governor was on hand Monday night to raise funds for the Travis Mills Foundation at the Quarry Tap Room.