Police say Clover Sue Baxter allowed out-of-state dealers to sell from her apartment.
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.
Winthrop dog bite case leads to restitution order, tethering
Steven Long was ordered to pay the medical bill deductible amount for a young boy’s treatment after Long’s dog bit him last April.
Augusta man headed to jail for Gardiner arson
The blaze destroyed the camper trailer home of a family of five, but no one was home at the time of the fire.
Augusta man gets 5-year sentence for having baseball-size bag of cocaine
Donald E. Bowden will serve that term after he finishes 40 months for violating probation.
Fatal fire in Town of Washington likely accidental, investigators say
The blaze claimed the lives of father and son Steven and Isaac Rhodes.
Bail in Waterville stabbing case set at $500,000
The victim remains in critical condition, a prosecutor said Friday.
Belgrade public hearing Monday to focus on items to appear at polls
The vote will be held March 17 as part of Town Meeting, which continues the next day.
Augusta woman to spend 4 years in prison
Teresa L. Thomas, 46, failed to report to jail in December 2015.
Waterville man withdraws guilty pleas in rape case, calls 30-year sentence too long
Mark D. Halle, 33, would not agree to 30 years behind bars — 10 years longer than attorneys had recommended.
Monmouth man sentenced on aggravated assault conviction
All but 72 days of the eight-year sentence for Justin Ridlon, 29, was suspended.