After World War II, Alfred Jacobs, like millions of other veterans, went to college on the G.I. bill and then taught music in Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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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Readfield beefs up security at Town Office, transfer station
The Selectboard voted earlier this week to install video surveillance systems at both locations.
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Bail stays at $5,000 for New Yorker charged in shots-fired incident at Augusta Wal-Mart parking lot
Police say Diana Davis, 29, of Rochester, held a man while her brother beat him up, but her attorney says the state has provided little evidence to show her involvement.
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Oakland heroin bust sends New Yorker to prison for 7 years
State prosecutors say agents saw drugs handed out through a window, much like a drive-thru, during drug sales from an apartment on Hill Street.
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Heirs of Augusta’s St. Mark’s Home, judge sign off on settlement
The settlement agreement at the Capital Judicial Center resolves a court case filed in late 2014 to clear the title to the property.
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Families head to Winthrop farm, others across the state
Sunday was the 27th annual Maine Open Farm Day.
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$100,000 bail set in Waterville stabbing case
Victim was treated for his injuries and then released from Augusta hospital.
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Travis Mills shows off work on former Arden estate
Dream of Maine Chance Lodge Veterans Retreat taking concrete shape in Mount Vernon and Rome.
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Farmingdale man indicted on weapons, falsifying evidence charge
Dylan M. Dehetre also was indicted on sex charge.
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Pittston man allegedly stole underwear, sex books
Shane M. Picard, 18, was charged with burglary and theft and made an initial appearance on the charges Friday via video link between the jail and the Capital Judicial Center.