Peter M. Hamilton, 66, was ordered held in federal custody after he is released from a mental health facility.
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.
Augusta woman who drove getaway car after assault on 82-year-old sentenced to prison
Star Black, 24, told the judge she’s addicted to heroin and has been through two outpatient treatment programs for substance abuse.
Judge keeps documents under wraps in case of 17-year-old accused of killing his parents
Andrew Balcer, who is being held in a juvenile center in South Portland, was in an Augusta court for a brief hearing Thursday.
Kennebec jail inmate charges mistreatment, assault by nurse
Brandee Lewis is suing the county, the jail, the commissioners and the nurse in federal court.
Clinton man gets 71 months in prison for Newport pharmacy robbery
The term was the maximum available to the judge under the federal sentencing guideline.
Augusta interfaith church service highlights hope, healing following election
One organizer described the event as a chance for local people of various religious faiths to “come together to celebrate their diversity and find what they have in common.”
Riverview patient accused of damaging security doors
A doctor says the actions of Charles D. Miles, who was found not criminally responsible for a 1999 fire that burned down the Skowhegan State Fairgrounds, did not appear to be related to psychosis.
Heroin trafficking in Augusta nets New Yorker 30 months behind bars
Police say the sales took place in the back bedroom of an apartment on Middle Street.
Randolph fire survivor praises smoke detector program
Jeffrey Sansouci urges townsfolk to sign up to get free smoke detectors and installation through the Fire Department.
Riverview patient shot during confrontation with Augusta police asks to be released from state custody
The appeal of Jason Begin, 38, was heard Wednesday by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.