John W. Grotton rode around with various law enforcement agencies to point out the homes he burglarized in 15 municipalities in central Maine, from Pittston through Benton.
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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Plant thief can’t resist Augusta credit union’s curb appeal
AUGUSTA – The latest unscheduled withdrawal at a local credit union was from the flower bed, and it was all caught on surveillance video. A plant thief struck the Capital Area Federal Credit Union between 9:20 and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, digging up day lilies and bee balm planted a few years ago in two different […]
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Plant snatcher strikes Augusta credit union
The latest unscheduled withdrawal at a local credit union was from the flower bed, and it was all caught on surveillance video.
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Indigent clients’ lawyers to be paid outstanding bills
Gov. Paul LePage approves emergency funds to cover a shortfall since May 10.
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State to make up shortfall to lawyers for indigents
An emergency infusion of just over $900,000 means the state can pay attorneys’ bills going back to May 10.
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Families from unsafe Augusta building find housing
Three families displaced when their apartment building was abruptly declared unfit to live in have found new lodgings with help from the city and others.
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Augusta family find themselves suddenly homeless
The couple and their 6-year-old son come home to find city officials posting their apartment building unfit to live in. “I have $4 to my name. I just spent $200 on groceries.”
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Crime spree nets Bass Harbor man 5 years in prison
The crime spree started in Winslow, tore through Augusta and ended when Jacob D. Russell, 27, was halted in the third stolen vehicle by a Pittsfield police officer.
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Transient gets 8 years in Walmart lot abduction
Admitting he was high on crack cocaine at the time, a man pleads guilty to charges that he kidnapped a woman from an Augusta parking lot and robbed her.
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Litchfield residents worried about bridge’s future
LITCHFIELD — Memo to Maine Turnpike Authority Executive Director Peter Mills: Keep the Lunts Hill Road bridge open.