A hearing is set to start Wednesday for Andrew T. Balcer, who was 17 at the time his parents were slain in their home.
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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Augusta man handcrafts signature items: Pens
Roger Madore, a jack-of-all-trades who started making them as a hobby, now runs Kennebec Pen Works.
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Riverview worker assaulted by patient files $100,000 claim for her bills
A judge approved the attachment on any property owned by Arlene Marie Edson, who is serving a 4-year prison term for that assault and 3 others.
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Ex-Riverview patient sued over assault on mental health worker
A judge approved a $100,000 attachment on property belonging to Arlene Edson, who recently won $180,000 to settle a separate claim against the state.
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Federal indictment handed up in September 2016 bank robbery in Manchester
Clinton Damboise initially was charged in state court but now faces federal charges.
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Minot man awarded $300,000 in malpractice claim against Lewiston dentist
Steven Darnell Jr., 35, charged that Dr. Jan Kippax failed to properly treat an infection after oral surgery.
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Waterville off-track betting parlor sues former employee
The lawsuit alleges that a former teller embezzled $696,000 from Favorites over more than three years.
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Waterville man to serve 5 months in baseball bat attack
Tyheen Shakee Walker struck a woman during an argument involving 2 couples.
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Maine high court weighs fate of two ‘dangerous’ dogs
The owners of Bentley and Kole are seeking to have a euthanasia order overturned in a case heard Friday by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Fight between brothers in Augusta courthouse lands both in jail
A ‘shouting, pushing and shoving’ match at the Kennebec County District Attorney’s Office in Augusta led to charges for both men.