A jury is selected for the trial of Justin Pillsbury, charged in the 2013 death of Jillian Jones.
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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Jury chosen in trial of Augusta man charged with murdering his girlfriend
Jillian T. Jones was stabbed to death in their apartment in 2013.
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Convicted rapist’s death at Maine State Prison ruled suicide
The Office of the State Medical Examiner recently determined Donald Riley, 67, hung himself Feb. 11.
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Revenge cited as possible motive for Christmas Day slayings in Manchester
A Maine State Police affidavit says murder suspect David W. Marble Jr. believed one of the victims had stolen drugs, a gun and other items from his Augusta apartment.
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Augusta woman stabbed husband at home, again while she drove him to hospital, police say
Tracy Fleischer is being held on $75,000 cash bail, facing assault charges.
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Hallowell city manager Stefan Pakulski dies unexpectedly
Pakulski, of Wayne, had previously worked for Readfield and the Island Institute.
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Augusta man hospitalized, woman charged in stabbing
Tracy L. Fleischer, 34, is being held without bail on a charge of elevated aggravated assault.
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Augusta newspaper carrier spots diamond ring, locates grateful owner
Donna Keeler left notes at residences on the street inviting a call if someone had lost something. Someone had.
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Augusta man who willfully drove into oncoming truck gets chance to avoid jail
If Christopher Corliss, 38, fulfills a judge’s order, he can avoid jail time and two felony convictions.
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Good deeds won’t cut Chelsea tax cheat’s sentence
Amended federal sentencing guidelines will detain Marshall Swan until October; his wife – an ex-selectwoman – even longer.