James Wilbur says he hopes to enter programs at Maine State Prison that may help break his cycle of criminal behavior and drug addiction.
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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Riverview patient fined for 4 assaults at state hospital
Arlene Edson has a lawsuit pending against the hospital and the state over her treatment there in December 2013.
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Clinton man sentenced to 1 year for assault, store break-ins
Christian C. Greaves, 21, pleaded guilty to breaking a man’s hand with his own walking cane while the man was walking his dog.
Posted inLocal & State
Augusta man appeals drug conviction to Supreme Judicial Court
Franklin Arbour Jr. says there was no probable cause for the 2014 search of his home.
Posted inLocal & State
Victim identified, but cause remains a mystery in Manchester crash
Courtlyn M. Donato, 22, was killed when her vehicle crossed the centerline and collided head on with a pickup truck.
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Augusta medical marijuana trade show still on, group says after page is hacked
Home Grown Maine is expected to feature 130 exhibitors at the Augusta Civic Center.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Readfield group plans to incorporate old dam site into trail system
Mill Stream Dam was destroyed in the historic flood of April 1987.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Riverview Psychiatric Center fires another nursing director
Larry Dean Plant, who gave up his private practice in Portland to take the job last year at the troubled facility, says he was told that the state hospital couldn’t afford his salary.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Maine Maritime president addresses Kents Hill School graduates
The private boarding schools holds its 192nd commencement and graduates 77 students.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Jury clears two Augusta police officers of excessive force claim
Michael J. Albert Sr. filed suit, claiming his rights were violated when he was arrested at the Augusta homeless shelter in 2012.