Sheriff Randall Liberty was shot in the back, but was luckily wearing body armor that “did its job.”
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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Details emerge about victim of 1976 Augusta murder
A homeless Seattle man appeared in court Thursday on extradition proceedings that would bring him back to Maine to face a charge he killed Blanche Jimball 36 years ago.
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Seattle man charged in 36-year-old Augusta murder
Police arrest Gary Raub, 63, who allegedly stabbed an elderly Augusta woman to death in 1976.
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Convicted arsonist of Winthrop library pleads guilty to new crimes
Zachary B. Lowe, now 20, admits to stealing drugs from his grandmother, violating conditions of release, and assaulting his sister, among other crimes.
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Maine woman gets 30 days for embezzling from post office
Jill E. Hansen, 45, is also ordered repay $6,500 she says she used to help her household budget and pay for gas.
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Augusta burglary suspect arrested while buying bus ticket
Michael Marro, 20, is accused of breaking into 10 homes, including two of his neighbors.
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Maine Turnpike Authority votes to keep 3 Litchfield area bridges open
Lunts Hill Bridge has been placed on the MTA’s maintenance schedule and awaits $2 in repairs.
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Augusta pharmacy robber receives 5-year jail sentence
AUGUSTA — A 19-year-old will spend an initial five years behind bars for robbing two city pharmacies a week apart last February.
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Clinton welfare cheat who stole $47,000 gets 9 months
AUGUSTA — A Clinton woman who admitted stealing nearly $47,000 in welfare benefits over a five-year period by falsely claiming her three children lived with her will spend at least nine months in prison.
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Man denies charges in Belgrade car crash that killed 2, including his sister
AUGUSTA — A man pleaded not guilty to criminal charges this morning in connection with a car accident in Belgrade that left two passengers dead, including the man’s sister.