Carole Swan, a former selectwoman, is charged with 10 counts of fraud.
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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Ex-Chelsea selectwoman: Can’t remember contract bid details
Carole Swan, facing 10 charges of defrauding the federal government, testified today she cannot remember specifics about the bid for a 2007 culvert project awarded to her husband.
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Chelsea ex-selectwoman apologizes for lying to police
She testifies in her fraud trial that she signed papers related to her husband’s business without reading them.
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Defense set to begin in Swan fraud trial
The prosecution finished presenting its evidence with the testimony of Rodney Giguere, a special agent with the IRS.
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Maine trial of ex-selectwoman focuses on her workers’ comp claims
Carole Swan of Chelsea walks into the courtroom stiffly and slowly as Friday’s proceedings began in Bangor.
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Spectators get warning in Chelsea fraud trial
A Whitefield contractor is back on the stand today in the trial of a former selectwoman who is accused of taking kickbacks.
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Testimony targets Swan’s workers’ comp claims
Former Chelsea selectwoman is on trial for multiple counts of fraud, including taking federal benefits because she couldn’t work while she was collecting income from other sources.
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Testimony: Town manager suspected Maine politician was corrupt
‘You’re not fooling anybody,’ the ex-Chelsea town manager allegedly told Carole Swan.
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Swan trial focuses on politics, relationships
A board of selectmen member says he had concerns about Swan’s role in town road projects.
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Fraud trial testimony shows Marshall Swan had a booming business
Former Chelsea Selectwoman Carole Swan and her husband made a lot of money but didn’t pay taxes from 2006 to 2010, according to testimony on day 3 of her fraud trial.