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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PublishedApril 6, 2011
Portland man got jobless pay in jail, indictment says
Vincent John Cueto, 43, collected “a little over $3,000” in unemployment, says the Kennebec County DA.
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PublishedApril 6, 2011
Embezzlement suspect lived as virtual ‘Queenie’
Bettysue Higgins, 53, of Gardiner, stands accused of embezzling $166,000 from the Maine Trial Lawyers Association during a four-year period.
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PublishedApril 5, 2011
Suspect indicted in slaying of man who took him in
A grand jury indicts a 32-year-old Massachusetts man on a charge of murder in the Feb. 8 shooting death of Robert A. “Bobby” Orr of Readfield.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2011
No bail set for suspect in Maine killing, arson
Justice Michaela Murphy rejects arguments that David B. Silva Jr. was acting in self-defense.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2011
Bail denied for suspect in Readfield slaying, arson
David B. Silva Jr. is accused of robbing then murdering Robert A. Orr, 53 – the man who sheltered him and his girlfriend – then setting his home ablaze.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2011
Accused in kickback scheme, selectwoman seeks lower bail
Chelsea’s Carole Swan also asks a judge to allow her to conduct business at the Town Office.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2011
Chelsea selectman, in court, seeks bail change
AUGUSTA — Chelsea Selectman Carole J. Swan was in court this morning asking a judge to reduce her bail and to allow her to be at the Town Office to conduct the town’s business and her personal business.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2011
Cameron sentenced to 16 years in prison
James M. Cameron will spend 16 years behind bars on child porn charges.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2011
Judge says state may hold animals in cruelty case
AUGUSTA — A hearing to determine the fate of 15 horses and a handful of other animals must continue, a judge ruled Thursday.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2011
Firm fights jobless benefits for music downloader it fired
AUGUSTA — A Vassalboro woman fired after FairPoint Communications found 800 illegally downloaded music files on her work computer is collecting unemployment — and the company is claiming it’s unfair.
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