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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 reschedules public hearing for annual Town Meeting warrant
Articles include updating the Commercial Development Review Ordinance and accepting money from Friends of Belgrade Lakes Village.
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Augusta man jailed 4 years in heroin trafficking case
Despite earlier reports, David Arbour’s socks did not contain powdered fentanyl, and a related charge was dismissed.
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Winslow man gets five years behind bars for aggravated heroin trafficking
The remainder of the 15-year sentence for Darrick Delile was suspended.
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Former Fairfield cop convicted of privacy violation
Richard Frazee Jr., who was an officer at the department in the 1990s, was accused of recording conversations his wife had with others when he was not there.
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Federal firearms charge filed against man involved in Augusta Wal-Mart shooting incident
Reginald McBride, 39, of Harlem, New York, now faces a federal firearms charge that carries a 10-year prison term on top of any federal sentence.
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Former New York man sentenced on heroin trafficking charge
Devin Jarrell Jackson, 26, pleaded guilty Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center to one charge of unlawful trafficking that occurred July 11, 2016, in Augusta.
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Parent suing Maranacook district picked for school board
Adam Woodford and his wife allege that a teacher put a bag over their daughter’s head to humiliate her.
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Lithgow Public Library closed Wednesday because of bedbug problem
The library is one of three city-owned buildings where regular sweeps are done to check for bedbugs, and it will reopen Thursday after a small area was sprayed.
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Leroy Smith III, accused of killing his father in Gardiner, has improved with medication, forensic psychiatrist says
The question remains about whether Smith is competent to stand trial in connection with the May 2014 slaying.