A 1909 play is one of two being presented this week by the Vienna Historical Society, a community tradition now in its 35th year.
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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Life of Waterville dog who killed, injured other canines spared under court deal
A settlement agreed to on Monday keeps Dakota outside of Kennebec County, where she will receive training, following a judge’s euthanasia order and intervention by Gov. Paul LePage.
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Open Farm Day in central Maine charms 2- and 4-legged alike
The owners of Butting Heads Farm in Gardiner show off their Nubian goats as visitors get to experience agricultural life.
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Belgrade residents consider withdrawing from RSU 18
Selectmen accepted a petition to begin the process of withdrawing, and the issue will go to voters in November.
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New York felon pleads not guilty in beating death of Augusta man
Aubrey Armstrong is charged with murder in the 2015 killing of Joseph Marceau.
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Maine dealer accused of smuggling, exporting firearms to Romania, money laundering
Iulian Petre, of Waterville, pleaded not guilty to similar federal charges last month and is due back in court Friday in Bangor.
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New York man to face Augusta murder charge from 2015
Aubrey Armstrong is charged with murder and robbery in the fatal beating of Joseph Marceau.
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Bangor area man who blinded himself heading to South Carolina treatment center
James N. Staples, 66, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
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Child pornographer argued 60-year sentence for sex assault was unfair. Maine court disagreed
An attorney for the former Augusta man, who is 39 years old, argued before the state’s highest court that the sentence amounted to a life sentence.
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Caught with heroin and crack, Gardiner man facing return to prison for years
Ricky Sirois was on federal supervised release when police found him carrying 1.5 grams of heroin as well as crack cocaine. He pleaded guilty Thursday.