Two other people also are sentenced separately for unrelated drug offenses.
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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2 plead guilty to felony murder, robbery in 2015 killing of Augusta man
Damik Davis of New York and Michael McQuade of Augusta will be sentenced later and a third man will likely go to trial in connection with the killing.
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Belgrade man enters conditional guilty pleas in sex case
Travis Gerrier was accused of assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a portable outhouse in June of 2015.
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Man survives self-inflicted gunshot wound in Litchfield
Litchfield schools were locked down briefly following the report of the shooting on Academy Road.
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Belgrade man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl
Travis Gerrier’s guilty pleas are conditional because he plans to appeal decisions made during pretrial hearings.
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Kents Hill Orchard reopening just in time for pick-your-own season
On Sept. 9, orchard fans can start dreaming of apple pie, knowing their favorite variety is coming.
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Rhode Island man pleads not guilty to Sidney home invasion charges
Dreaquan Foster, 22, is accused of hitting the homeowner’s son on the head with a hammer.
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Re-enactment in Dresden explores Revolutionary era
Two companies scout the land at the 1761 Pownalborough Court House as militiamen did during that period.
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Windmill tower rises at Windsor Fairgrounds
The 1910 tower, from the Weeks Mills Waterworks, will be part of the Windsor Historical Society exhibits at the fair.
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Waterville woman who believed her neighbor ‘would not hit a girl’ reports baseball bat attack
Tyheen Walker, 33, allegedly attacked a woman when she stepped between him and another man.