Bettysue Higgins, 54, of Gardiner. is accused of embezzling $166,000 from the Maine Trial Lawyers Association.
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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Man shoots and kills wife, then himself, in Winslow, police say
WINSLOW — A woman was shot and killed in Winslow on Monday night by her husband, who then shot and killed himself after a police chase along the Maine Turnpike. Nathaniel Gordon, 32, shot his wife, Sarah Gordon, 30, near their home on Marie Street, State Police spokesman Steve McCausland said in a statement late […]
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Woman shot, killed in Winslow
WINSLOW – A woman was shot and killed near Marie and Beck streets Monday night. A suspect in that killing then reportedly shot and killed himself after a police pursuit along the Maine Turnpike. Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland said he did not yet have the identity of the woman or the man, but […]
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Lawyers group sues bank over embezzlement case
The Maine Trial Lawyers Association says Bank of America made it easy to conceal the thefts.
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Man jailed for stealing from 22 cars
AUGUSTA – A 26-year-old Gardiner man will spend 15 days in jail for stealing items from 22 unlocked vehicles in that city around the new year. Christopher D. Robbins was sentenced last week in Augusta District Court. He pleaded guilty to 22 counts of burglary of a motor vehicle and 11 counts of theft by […]
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Mainers see to it that blind girl sees
A Maine foundation helps a poor Pakistani child who needs an expensive operation.
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Lawyer: Dismiss arson charges in topless coffee shop case
AUGUSTA — Investigators put a body wire on an informant in a failed attempt to get Raymond Bellavance Jr. to incriminate himself in the fire that destroyed the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop on June 3, 2009.
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Bank seeks halt to Associated Grocers’ dismantling
A bank holding a $4.8 million mortgage on Associated Grocers of Maine wants that firm’s dismantling to stop — at least until the bank gets a day in court.
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Serial burglar faces victims at sentencing
“The sense of security and comfort that we live in a safe community, among honest people, has been forever shattered,” one victim says.
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Flipped truck blocks I-95 lane in Augusta
Emergency crews are working to right an 18-wheeler that rolled over about 6:40 a.m. today, blocking the southbound travel lane of Interstate 95.