AUGUSTA — If you’re headed into any of the four court buildings in Kennebec County, leave your knives at home.
Betty Adams
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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Hospital bond sale complete
AUGUSTA — MaineGeneral Medical Center has secured more than $280 million to begin construction on a regional hospital.
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Grand jury indicts Carole Swan
AUGUSTA — A grand jury on Thursday indicted former Chelsea Board of Selectman Chairman Carole Swan on charges related to soliciting kickbacks from a town snowplow contractor, and a prosecutor said her actions remain under scrutiny.
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$280 million bond sale means work can begin
AUGUSTA — MaineGeneral Medical Center has secured more than $280 million to begin construction on a regional hospital.
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Grand jury indicts Carole Swan
AUGUSTA — A grand jury on Thursday indicted former Chelsea Board of Selectman Chairman Carole Swan on charges related to soliciting kickbacks from a town snowplow contractor, and a prosecutor said her actions remain under scrutiny.
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One year in prison for threats
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man will spend a year in prison for threatening four people with a crowbar and an Airsoft rifle during a robbery.
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Robber sent to prison
AUGUSTA — A Gardiner man will spend an initial 18 months behind bars for knocking down a woman leaving a Laundromat in Gardiner and running off with her purse.
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Wayne man charged in assault, arson cases
AUGUSTA — A Wayne man is facing assault and arson charges after allegations that include he bit a woman’s breast.
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New MaineGeneral’s financing almost complete
AUGUSTA — The new regional hospital has its financing, despite a thumbs-down from the state treasurer.
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New MaineGeneral’s financing almost complete
AUGUSTA — The new regional hospital has its financing, despite a thumbs-down from the state treasurer.