Despite earlier reports, David Arbour’s socks did not contain powdered fentanyl, and a related charge was dismissed.
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.
Man accused of murder attempt at Augusta Wal-Mart facing federal gun charge
Reginald McBride, 39, of Harlem, New York, now faces a charge that carries a 10-year prison term.
Readfield parent who is suing schools is appointed interim school board rep
Adam Woodford says he will recuse himself from discussions about the suit alleging a teacher bullied his child.
Augusta library closes after dog finds bedbug in a book
The bedbug was found in a stack of large-print books near the circulation desk.
After year on medication, suspect in father’s killing still delusional, doctor says
Leroy Smith III’s mental condition has improved in some areas, a forensic psychiatrist testifies.
Former Rochester, N.Y. man jailed 30 months for dealing heroin
Alex L. Brumfield, 29, was arrested Nov. 9, 2016, in Augusta after a confidential informant with a recording device purchased drugs from him.
New Yorker pleads guilty to heroin trafficking in Augusta
Reuben Givens was sentenced to four years in prison, and in exchange for the plea, additional charges of aggravated trafficking in heroin and aggravated trafficking in cocaine base were dismissed.
Ex-pharmacy tech in Manchester avoids felony drug conviction
A nurse, charged with stealing fentanyl in Winthrop, starts a deferred disposition.
Escape from jail work detail in Augusta brings nine-month sentence
Nicole Dyment had been participating in a specialty jail program when she ran off last spring.
Man convicted of burning down Vassalboro topless coffee shop is denied new trial
Raymond Bellavance Jr. is serving his sentence at the Maine State Prison, and the earliest he’ll be released in 2034.