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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PublishedNovember 8, 2018
Man charged with threatening to shoot neighbors who tried to bring him dinner
The neighbors told police that Bruce M. Roy of Augusta had told them he hadn’t been eating much lately, but he threatened to shoot them when they tried to give him a meal.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2018
Dog bites Gardiner woman in face
The victim was taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center for treatment; the dog is quarantined at a shelter in Augusta.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2018
State helping Belgrade owners of chloride-contaminated wells
Several households on and around Oakland Road are being supplied with bottled water as they await new wells to replace the ones tainted by road salt.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2018
Road salt blamed for high chloride in Belgrade wells
One Oakland Road resident found after using the dishwasher that his glasses and dishes were coated in what looked like frost.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2018
Belgrade sexual assault appeal focuses on competency issue
The Law Court is looking at determining which side must prove a defendant competent to stand trial.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2018
Riverview patient accused of threatening dad with knife
Mark Gessner, convicted of murder in the 1994 death of a florist in Bath, is being held on $50,000 bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2018
Salt seasons well water in Belgrade ‘Triangle’ area
The state is supplying bottled water to affected residents as it seeks a long-term solution.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2018
Judge rejects defense bid to keep blood test out of Mount Vernon fatal OUI trial
Tyler Goucher of Wayne is charged with manslaughter in that case, which is set for jury selection in three weeks.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2018
Dead inmate at Kennebec County jail identified as Skowhegan man
The sheriff’s office says the cause of death of Moises Pujols, 34, remains under investigation pending autopsy results.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2018
Judge acquits Brunswick man accused of firing at officer in fatal shootout
Justice Michaela Murphy finds a lack of evidence that Scott Bubar tried to kill the officer during the confrontation in Belgrade in which his father was killed.
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