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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PublishedMarch 22, 2018
Gardiner man sentenced to 1 year behind bars for drug trafficking
The remainder of the five-year term for Edwin Lawrence was suspended while he serves two years on probation.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2018
Ex-selectman calls for new Belgrade vote on librarian issue over protest sign removal
Ernie Rice says town officials illegally removed for two hours a homemade sign he had made and placed along the Town Office driveway, urging a ‘No’ vote.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2018
Gardiner woman arraigned on federal drug conspiracy charge
Heather Downs, 31, denied the charge at her arraignment Wednesday in Bangor.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2018
Augusta man convicted of child pornography charges loses appeal before Supreme Court
Randy Marquis, now 44, had asked that his conviction be overturned; but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the finding in a decision published Tuesday.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2018
Riverview social worker’s lawsuit over retaliation, unsafe conditions heads to trial
Jennifer Taghavidinani said she was subjected to whistleblower retaliation after filing complaints about unsafe working conditions at the state hospital in Augusta.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2018
Cleanup of 1,800 gallons of spilled fuel underway at Belgrade store
The super-unleaded fuel leaked last week after a plow truck backed into a gasoline pump during a snowstorm.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2018
Winthrop man accused of leading police on second high-speed chase in 2 weeks
Roland Pelletier, 62, was arrested Sunday after the chase ended on a dead-end road in Monmouth.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2018
Pair held on Waterville drug trafficking charges near ‘safe zone’
Jahsun Campbell and Shantasia Bethea-Lucas had initial court hearings Monday in Augusta on charges of selling crack cocaine on Summer Street.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2018
Finding community service opportunities can prove hard for defendants
Some agencies decline participation in court program; others limit opportunities, depending on crimes committed.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2018
Belgrade to get full-time librarian
The 179-162 approval means the library will be open additional hours as well.
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