Betty Adams – Page 16 – The Portland Press Herald

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.

Waterville woman gets a year in prison for $100 robbery that injured victim

by Betty Adams March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

Antelsy ‘Amy’ Bellows was on probation at the time of the attack.

Local & State

Whitefield car crash leaves cemetery headstones toppled, fence damaged

by Betty Adams March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

One woman was injured in the crash at the St. Denis Catholic Church complex and remains under investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

Cops & Courts, Local & State

Waterville woman who robbed cabbie gets 6 years for trafficking opioids

by Betty Adams March 29, 2018March 30, 2018

Christina Marie Pena-Cantor was on probation for the robbery when she sold drugs to a police informant in the parking lot of a Burger King in Waterville.

Cops & Courts, Local & State

Pennsylvania man charged in bizarre Maine car chase now accused of nearly $500K business fraud

by Betty Adams March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

Robert Rohwer agreed Wednesday to waive extradition and be returned to face charges in his home state, which alleges he stole more than $495,000 through deceptive or fraudulent practices.