Carole Swan is serving more than seven years in prison for seeking kickbacks for a plowing contract, among other crimes.
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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Two Augusta parents plead not guilty to child endangerment
The separate cases involve a 2-year-old boy who nearly drowned and a 3-year-old girl who went missing during a suspected overdose at her home.
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New York man indicted on federal firearms charge in Augusta Wal-Mart shooting
Nobody was injured in an altercation in June that was broken up by armed bystanders.
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Man sent to Riverview after killing wins supervised release
A judge rules that Paul Orchard, who sexually assaulted and killed his mother-in-law, can go into the community with one-on-one supervision.
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Augusta man pleads not guilty to threatening Obama, Pingree
The U.S. Attorney says Peter M. Hamilton has a history of making death threats against public officials and has been convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Augusta woman who drove getaway car after assault on 82-year-old sentenced to prison
Star Black, 24, told the judge she’s addicted to heroin and has been through two outpatient treatment programs for substance abuse.
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Winthrop teen charged with murdering parents could face life in prison
Andrew Balcer, 17, appears in court for a brief hearing as the state tries to have him prosecuted as adult in last month’s killings of Antonio and Alice Balcer.
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Lawsuit claiming Kennebec jail sexual assault says it was captured on video
Brandee A. Lewis says she was assaulted ‘by a nurse and multiple staff members.’
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Central Maine interfaith gathering counters election angst
Many religious groups get together in Augusta as they reach for common ground.
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Riverview patient accused of damaging security doors
Charles D. Miles, who was found not criminally responsible for a 1999 fire at the Skowhegan State Fairgrounds, enters no plea to a charge of criminal mischief.