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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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Former Riverview worker cleared of theft allegation
Ahmad Nejad had been accused of defrauding the state of workers’ compensation payments.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Trial begins in November 2017 Augusta pedestrian fatality
Driver Andrew P. Bilodeau pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the death of Emile Morin, 81, who was struck on Nov. 18, 2017, in a Northern Avenue crosswalk.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2018
Two ex-employees sue Eddie Bauer in Augusta, alleging racism, retaliation
The store denies the allegations made in the lawsuit filed in federal court.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2018
Winslow robbery suspects held without bail
Priscilla Pagliaroli and Peter Genica were out on bail when a woman was shot in the face with a pellet gun.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2018
Augusta Walmart parking lot shooter sentenced to 6 years
Reginald McBride will serve that time concurrently with a 13-year term for federal offenses.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2018
Winslow drug raid results in 3 years behind bars for New York woman
The remaining four years were suspended while Kristina Torres spends three years on probation.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2018
Ex-corrections officer avoids felony from accidental shooting at Maine police academy
Matthew Benger, 26, of Saco pleaded instead to a misdemeanor charge in connection with the June 2017 shooting in a parking lot at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2018
Balcer sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2016 slayings of parents in Winthrop
Andrea Balcer, 20, who pleaded guilty to killing her parents, said she was sorry and asked for forgiveness.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2018
Winslow dog owners seek to suppress cellphone, Facebook records
Brandon Ross and Danielle Jones are charged with failing to comply with a court order to euthanize their two pit bulls.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2018
China camp won’t be sold for unpaid taxes
A judge rules the town had failed to properly notify Stacey O’Connor that she was in arrears.
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