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 31, 2013
Legal issues beset would-be Maine grocer
Thomas Hibbert must reveal how he plans to pay $150,000 to a woman who accused him of theft.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2013
11-year-old alleged baby killer not competent for trial – for now
Kelli Murphy, of Fairfield, is charged with manslaughter in the July 8 killing of 3-month-old Brooklyn Foss-Greenaway of Clinton.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2013
Maine man in custody after alleged home invasion
Police say Donald York Jr., 30, of Knox appeared to be out of control and combative, and may have been on the drug known as bath salts.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2013
Waterville man pleads guilty to federal drug trafficking charges
Maurice McCray, 31, who authorities said was the nexus for a drug trafficking ring in central Maine, pleads guilty to distributing prescriptions drugs and cocaine.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2013
Ex-legislator pleads down to criminal threatening
Frederick L. Wintle, 60, of Garland, had completed a 12-month deferred disposition for pulling a handgun on a stranger on May 21, 2011, outside a Waterville Dunkin’ Donuts.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2013
Episcopal priest to spend 45 days in jail on drug conviction
The Rev. Stephen Foote, who mailed suboxone to two jail inmates, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of possession of the prescription medication.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013
Fire destroys Mount Vernon home, business Sunday morning
An early morning fire Sunday destroyed a two-story home and business on Bean Road in Mount Vernon, but homeowner Eric Whitehouse and his dog escaped the blaze unhurt.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2013
Ex-Monmouth teacher gets probation for child porn
Christopher B. Brown, 56, a former Monmouth Middle School teacher, is placed on probation for a year for possession of sexually explicit materials depicting children under 16.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2013
Augusta philanthropist Elsie Viles dies at 98
Augusta philanthropist Elsie Pike Viles, who gave her heart and her money to support the things she liked, died Saturday at age 98.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2013
Firing of longtime town clerk sparks Pittston uproar
Members of the Pittston community fired back Wednesday night at the sacking of longtime Town Clerk Ann Chadwick.
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