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
October 21, 2011

Gardiner officer recognized Sidney man, begins pursuit

AUGUSTA — A car chase of varying speeds Thursday evening that started in Gardiner, and went through Sidney and Augusta, ended with the arrest of Dominic Pomerleau, 18, of Sidney.
Published
October 21, 2011

Judge upholds lottery ticket contract ruling

AUGUSTA — A $35 million contract to print scratch tickets and for related services for the Maine State Lottery will remain with Scientific Games Inc.
Published
October 21, 2011

Child porn charges again for former teacher

MONMOUTH — A former Monmouth teacher again faces an accusation he possessed sexually explicit material of minors.
Published
October 19, 2011

Crossing to receive repairs

WINTHROP — Motorists should plan to detour around the Route 133/lower Main Street railroad crossing next week.
Published
October 17, 2011

Public to talk exit 113

AUGUSTA — A public hearing on roadway improvements around Interstate 95’s exit 113 will continue Wednesday, Oct. 26 at Augusta City Center.
Published
October 17, 2011

$400,000 for grange renovation

MONMOUTH — A project to renovate the Monmouth Grange Hall got a $400,000 boost recently to help turn it into a showpiece for community events, a well equipped emergency shelter, and space for The Theater at Monmouth.
Published
October 15, 2011

Machete attacker appeals conviction, sentence

LISBON — A man serving two life sentences for maiming a father and his 10-year-old daughter in a machete attack in their Pittston home claims he was wrongly convicted and the sentences are unconstitutional and too harsh for the crimes.
Published
October 14, 2011

Augusta wants to have say on sewer rates

AUGUSTA — The city of Augusta wants to weigh in on a court case in which neighboring Hallowell and a group of residents say their new sewer rates are too high and incorrectly calculated.
Published
October 13, 2011

Law revisits Dresden courthouse

DRESDEN — A wooden, three-story courthouse where cases were argued and justice meted out in pre-Revolutionary times was used for its original purpose again Wednesday as the Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in two cases on appeal.
Published
October 13, 2011

250 years later, justices still gather in Dresden

DRESDEN — A wooden, three-story courthouse where cases were argued and justice meted out in pre-Revolutionary times was used for its original purpose again Wednesday as the Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in two cases on appeal.