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Kennebec Journal

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.

Business, Local & State

Belgrade marina permit stirs debate at scenic lakeside area

by Betty Adams July 16, 2018July 17, 2018

The Planning Board recently denied a commercial permit for Brightside Marina, owned by Shawn Grant.

As New York man goes to prison for drug-related killing, victim’s family tells him: ‘Rot in hell’

by Betty Adams July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Aubrey Armstrong, 29, gets 30 years for crimes in connection with the death of Joseph Marceau of Augusta in November 2015.

Cops & Courts, Local & State

Man convicted of sexually assaulting young girl in 2007 wants to withdraw guilty plea

by Betty Adams July 12, 2018July 12, 2018

Albert F. Dumas Jr. says genetic evidence that convinced him to plead guilty is not as conclusive as his defense attorney led him to believe.

Cops & Courts, Local & State

Waterville robbery suspect told police he was picking berries when caught

by Betty Adams and Emily Higginbotham July 12, 2018July 12, 2018

GPS tracking devices secreted in the stolen money led police to Kevin Barr, who was ordered held in lieu of $20,000 cash bail in connection with Tuesday’s heist at KeyBank in Waterville.