The nonjury trial resumes with closing arguments on Oct. 1.
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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Winthrop teenager changes plea in parents’ killings, admitting to murdering both
Andrew Balcer, who feared gender identity repercussions and a recurrence of alleged sex abuse by mom, now faces 25 to 55 years in prison.
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Will the Belgrade town manager’s performance be affected if he’s elected as a state rep? Some residents think so.
Members of the Belgrade select board say Dennis Keschl consulted with them before agreeing to enter the District 76 race for the Maine House of Representatives.
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Defense expert says Belgrade man on trial in fatal shootout didn’t touch the weapons
An expert says that her review of DNA reports from the State Police Crime Laboratory indicate Scott Bubar couldn’t have handled the weapons used in a May 2017 shootout in Belgrade.
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Winthrop teen makes new abuse allegations, prepares to plead guilty to killing parents
A gender identity crisis factored in the stabbings, says Andrew Balcer, who wants to be known as Andrea.
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Scott Bubar told police he tried to wrestle the guns away from his father in Belgrade standoff
Bubar is on trial on charges he attempted to murder a sheriff’s deputy in May 2017 in Belgrade.
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Deputy testifies that man who fired at him in Belgrade was wearing a green shirt
Sgt. Jacob Pierce testified Thursday at the trial of Scott Bubar, who is accused of attempting to murder the law enforcement officer.
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Walgreens robbery suspect sought oxycodone after failing to get heroin, police say
Dylan Karczewski, 26, of Augusta said he wanted to avoid becoming sick, police say.
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Defense says no evidence ties Scott Bubar to weapons in police shootout in Belgrade
Trial resumes Thursdsay on charge of aggravated attempted murder of deputy.
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Belgrade shootout suspect’s trial begins Monday
Scott A. Bubar is charged with trying to kill a deputy in an incident that left his own father dead.