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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PublishedNovember 15, 2011
Waterville man indicted on child sex charges
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man has been indicted on charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching involving four children over a one-year period.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2011
Man faces sex crime charges involving four children
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man has been indicted on charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching involving four children over a one-year period.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2011
Veteran’s new friends pitch in
AUGUSTA — Two and a half weeks after a story appeared about former Army Sgt. Aaron Rollins living in his pickup with his service dog, things are looking up and he’s feeling less alone.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2011
Readers respond, help homeless veteran
AUGUSTA — Two and a half weeks after a story appeared about former Army Sgt. Aaron Rollins living in his pickup with his service dog, things are looking up and he’s feeling less alone.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2011
Investigation suggests inmate died of overdose
AUGUSTA — An investigation into the death of an inmate Tuesday at the Kennebec County jail is pointing to a drug overdose, according to Sheriff Randall Liberty.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2011
Inmate’s death: Drug overdose
AUGUSTA — An investigation into the death of an inmate Tuesday at the Kennebec County jail is pointing to a drug overdose, according to Sheriff Randall Liberty.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2011
Court rules for mobile home park’s tenants
The owner of a mobile-home park in Augusta has been -ordered to pay former tenants $4,500 for his failure to repair burst pipes, forcing the tenants to tote water for nine months and to empty toilets by hand for more than half that time.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2011
UPDATE 10:53 a.m.: Overdose suspected in inmate death
AUGUSTA — An investigation into the death of an inmate Tuesday at the Kennebec County jail is pointing to a drug overdose, according to Sheriff Randall Liberty.
Nicholas Michael Powell, 22, was found dead in his two-bed room in the trusty area of the Augusta jail.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2011
Kennebec County jail inmate found dead
AUGUSTA — An inmate at the Kennebec County jail was found dead in his cell just before 5 a.m. Tuesday. Sheriff Randall Liberty identified the man as Nicholas Michael Powell, 22, whose most recent address is in Lewiston, but who grew up in Clinton and Fairfield.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2011
Inmate, 22, discovered dead in cell
AUGUSTA — An inmate at the Kennebec County jail was found dead in his cell just before 5 a.m. Tuesday.
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