Randall Junior Weddle of Tennessee, who was hauling lumber, has been indicted on two counts of manslaughter in the five-vehicle crash.
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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Maine supreme court hears restitution appeal in North Pond hermit case
Christopher Knight, who lived in the Maine woods for 27 years, is appealing a $1,125 restitution order to fix a road that led to his campsite.
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Lincoln County man held on federal firearms charge
Peter Poland, who had a previous drug trafficking conviction, is accused of being a felon in possession of three guns.
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Police seize cellphones in sexting investigation at Gardiner High
Police are interviewing students, and the school says it is trying to educate them about the dangers of such behavior.
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Ex-Canaan youth minister abused girl during sleep-over, police allege
Lucas Savage, 27, enters no plea to the charge of unlawful sexual contact.
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New leader takes charge at Riverview Psychiatric Center amid upheaval
Hospital workers welcome Rodney Bouffard, whose previous jobs involved dealing with staffing and money problems as well as violence.
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‘North Pond Hermit’ balks at paying costs for removal of campsite
The state’s supreme court is to hear oral arguments next week over the $1,125 restitution ordered to cover the cost to remove a road police built to reach Christopher Knight’s encampment.
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Six indicted on welfare fraud charges
The charges involve misuse of SNAP benefits.
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Six people in central Maine indicted on welfare fraud charges
Many are charged with not reporting all of their household income.
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‘Ball of fire’ destroys Vassalboro home
There are no injuries in the blaze, which started in an attached garage, possibly in an electrical appliance.