Betty Adams

Kennebec Journal

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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Published
January 29, 2012

MaineGeneral revenue falls short of expectation

AUGUSTA — People are using MaineGeneral Medical Center facilities less than the company had predicted, so the central Maine hospital system has fewer patients to treat and less money coming in.
Published
January 29, 2012

Republicans in three area towns to caucus today

Republicans will caucus in three area towns today, the earliest GOP caucuses in the state.
Published
January 28, 2012

Whitten Road, Augusta, closed following crash

AUGUSTA — Whitten Road, which runs between Augusta and Hallowell, is closed following a motor vehicle crash which took out a utility pole.
Published
January 28, 2012

Police: Blood found at home of missing toddler

WATERVILLE — Blood was found in the basement of the house where Ayla Reynolds disappeared six weeks ago.

State Police spokesman Steve McCausland confirmed Saturday that police located blood in the basement of Justin DiPietro’s home.
Published
January 28, 2012

Bathgate sentenced to 45 years for 2010 murder

AUGUSTA — Peter George Bathgate II will spend 45 years behind bars for murdering a man in December 2010 by stabbing him and running him over with his own truck.
Published
January 28, 2012

Augusta man found innocent of arson

AUGUSTA — A jury on Friday afternoon found an Augusta man innocent of arson charges involving a fire two years ago at his Federal Street home.
Published
January 28, 2012

Jury clears man of charges related to blaze at Augusta home

A jury on Friday afternoon found an Augusta man not guilty of arson charges involving a fire two years ago at his Federal Street home.
Published
January 28, 2012

Guilty plea in 2010 killing

AUGUSTA — Peter George Bathgate II will spend 45 years behind bars for murdering a man in December 2010 by stabbing him and running him over with his own truck.
Published
January 25, 2012

Arson trial starts for Augusta man

AUGUSTA — A trial began Tuesday for a 63-year-old city man accused of setting fire to his Federal Street home nearly two years ago in an attempt collect insurance money.
Published
January 24, 2012

Christian groups legally fired ‘whistleblower,’ panel says

A state panel on Monday cleared the Christian Civic League of Maine and the Christian Education League of claims that they illegally fired a former administrative staffer.