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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PublishedSeptember 24, 2012
Maine Human Rights panel votes in favor of West Gardiner firefighter
AUGUSTA — A human rights panel voted 5-0 Monday to support claims of a firefighter who says West Gardiner selectmen refused to appoint her as fire chief because she was a woman.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2012
Couple seek Web help to revive Winthrop farm
A plan for new growth on family land relies on Internet crowd-funding.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2012
State employee convicted of bilking workers’ comp
Clinton J. Ashby III, 47, had been a bridge maintenance engineer for MDOT when he became disabled and started collecting benefits.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2012
Deputy corrals defiant moped driver in Augusta
The blue lights were flashing, but the moped driver kept going.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2012
Augusta murder suspect seeks suppression of statement
Michael Young claims he asked for an attorney prior to interrogations by the police.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2012
Accused child rapist awaits evaluation, but no beds available
A shortage of space at Maine’s psychiatric hospital has been highlighted by the case of accused child rapist Eric Bard.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2012
Burglary assistant to serve 15 months in jail
Emily L. Allen-Perry, 22, was the getaway driver in 46 burglaries.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2012
Maine man admits to burglaries while victims were at church
Jarrod Z. Bilodeau, 27, pleads guilty to stealing jewelry and other items from homes in Augusta, Farmingdale, Vassalboro, Wayne and Winthrop.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2012
Man charged in assault on 4-year-old Augusta girl
Brent Ryan Lavallee, 28, was babysitting when he allegedly struck the girl and held a blanket to her neck so tightly that it left marks.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2012
Maine man sentenced for role in oxycodone ring
Peter Poland, 40, of Whitefield was charged as a result of a wiretap investigation that took place between April and August 2011.
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