Donald E. Bowden will serve that term after he finishes 40 months for violating probation.
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.
Knox County fire that killed father, son, likely was accidental, investigators say
Steven Rhodes went back inside the burning house when he discovered that his son Isaac had not yet made it out.
Bail in Waterville stabbing case set at $500,000
The victim remains in critical condition, a prosecutor said Friday.
Waterville man withdraws guilty pleas in rape case, calls 30-year sentence too long
Mark D. Halle, 33, would not agree to 30 years behind bars — 10 years longer than attorneys had recommended.
Maine student wins Horatio Alger scholarship
Sierra Goodridge of Gardiner Area High School is the only Maine winner in 2017.
Man charged with killing father in Gardiner wants to claim self-defense at trial
Leroy Smith III, however, has yet to be found competent to stand trial and remains in the Riverview Psychiatric Center.
Jury finds Oakland woman not guilty of 2 charges of unlawful sexual contact with children
Eleven of 12 jurors voted to find Conway guilty of a gross sexual assault charge, but one holdout prevented a conviction, according to juror Debra Lamontagne, of Oakland.
Former Oakland woman on trial on charges of sexually abusing young boy, girl
The first witness Tuesday was her former boyfriend, now serving 18 years behind bars for sexual assaulting those same children.
Maine State Prison inmate says he was denied right to vote
The city says Raishawn Key, 35, didn’t provide adequate proof he lived in Augusta before he was convicted of cocaine trafficking.
Whitefield man returned to federal prison for eight years
Peter P. Poland was sentenced for being a felon in possession of firearms — which he stole in a burglary — and for violating supervised release.