More than 250 brides arrived within the first hour of the show and a long line had already formed a half hour before the opening.
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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Mainers hold “Hands Around the Capitol” rally against abortion
Roman Catholic bishop hopes the current political climate carries with it “a better appreciation for life.”
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Manchester man hurt in Farmingdale crash
Mathew Collins was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
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Whitefield man returned to federal prison for eight years
Peter P. Poland was sentenced for being a felon in possession of firearms — which he stole in a burglary — and for violating supervised release.
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Maine transportation officials trying to scrape up new plow truck drivers
Highway workers often leave for private sector jobs with better pay and hours, particularly in Cumberland and York counties.
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2 men plead guilty to setting fires in Winthrop, Gardiner
Jason Tibbetts, of Lewiston, was sentenced to eight years in prison, with 15 months to be served and the remainder suspended.
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Augusta man who dropped baseball-sized bag of cocaine pleads guilty to aggravated drug trafficking
Donald Bowden, who is serving 40 months in prison on a probation revocation, is to be sentenced on Feb. 3 at the Capital Judicial Center.
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Augusta man loses appeal of drug trafficking convictions
Eric C. Anderson, convicted in October 2015, is ordered to serve the prison term that was on hold pending a decision by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Canaan woman charged after police report finding drugs in crawl space in Pittston
Jennifer Beckwith-Pierce was arrested on New Year’s Eve following a bail check on a couple under house arrest.
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Former Augusta woman admits to theft of welfare benefits
Shannon Palmer, now of Farmingdale, was ordered to repay the state $9,089.