Joel Eldridge, who had worked for the county for 18 years, was the subject of an investigation after he took the photo while attorneys were out of the room.
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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Readfield voters asked to spend $5,000 on meetinghouse rehabilitation
The money would be used to show community support in order to help obtain further funding.
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Maine marchers protest Trump climate policies
The Maine People’s Climate March is held to show solidarity with similar efforts nationwide.
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Climate Change marchers in Augusta call for politicians, others to protect Maine resources
The gathering was one of many such events held nationwide to draw attention to effects of climate change and presidential policies.
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Durham mom ‘lost for words’ after woman jailed in daughter’s death is released
Sally Ann Schofield was convicted of manslaughter in the 2001 death of foster child Logan Marr, 5.
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Mother ‘lost for words’ after former Chelsea woman jailed in child’s death leaves prison
Sally Ann Schofield was released this week after serving about 15 years in prison for killing 5-year-old Logan Marr by wrapping her in duct tape and leaving her alone in a basement.
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Augusta officer fired without warning at knife-wielding patient, judge says
A federal judge’s ruling allows a civil lawsuit alleging excessive use of force to move forward against Officer Laura Drouin, who fired three shots at Riverview Psychiatric Center outpatient Jason Begin in 2015.
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Winthrop teen charged with parents’ murder faces hearings on prosecution as an adult
The state is seeking to prosecute Andrew Balcer, 18, as an adult, but that determination will come after the court considers a psychological evaluation of the teenager, who was 17 at the time of the killings.
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Court hears recording related to alleged sex assault of 11-year-old girl
Travis Gerrier’s attorney maintains the recording and DNA samples should be kept out of a criminal trial.
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Vassalboro man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges
A search warrant executed at Joseph L. Gagnon’s home led to the discovery of 27.7 grams of heroin, 60 grams of cocaine and 14 grams of methamphetamine, police said.