An infusion of young blood is needed, officials say, but time is running short.
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.
Posted inCops & Courts
Clinton man’s cancer diagnosis prompts delay of prison sentence
Edward Domasinsky, who pleaded guilty to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, shot himself in the face with a rifle after firing a shotgun at his then-girlfriend.
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Posted inCops & Courts
Mount Vernon man accused of strangling, punching girlfriend in Augusta
Joel Cloutier allegedly punched his girlfriend in the throat and twice entered her apartment through a window.
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Augusta woman pleads guilty to drug conspiracy
Dalene Black, 35, was sentenced Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center.
Posted inSchools and Education
Maranacook middle and high schools to reopen Wednesday after threat
Police determine that a threat against MCHS was targeting a school in Kentucky.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Maine Made Crafts show offers something for everyone
The two-day fair in Augusta features handmade jewelry, scarves, wreaths and other handcrafted goods.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Small Business Saturday a big deal for shoppers in central Maine
They take part in the ‘Shop Small’ campaign promoted by the National Federation of Independent Business.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Affidavit: Woman lied during gun buy
She allegedly bought guns in Augusta for her drug dealer and faces a federal firearms charge.
Posted inLocal & State
Fayette’s Starling Hall raised off foundation
Rehabilitation work includes relocating it farther from Route 17.
Posted inCops & Courts
Lincoln County deputy’s trial on 22 sex abuse charges set to start Monday
Kenneth L. Hatch III, deputy of the year in 2015, is accused of abusing girls during ride-alongs in his cruiser.