William Lord is on trial on assault charges.
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 more people charged in Augusta man’s killing
Zina Fritze and Michael Sean McQuade lived at the apartment where Joseph Marceau was found dead.
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Administration defends efforts to fill staff vacancies at Augusta psychiatric hospital
An appointed court master and some legislators say the Riverview Psychiatric Center is in crisis.
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Roland Cummings sentenced to life in prison for murder of 92-year-old
Cummings was convicted in November of stabbing Aurele Fecteau of Waterville to death as he slept.
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Legislators say Maine should quickly address Riverview staffing crisis
Workers at the state’s psychiatric hospital say they are required to fill overtime shifts and are exhausted, putting themselves and patients in danger.
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Maine Judicial Center reverts to noted philanthropist’s heirs
The former home of Sylvia Viles Lund was offered as a gift as long as it was used by the state judiciary.
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Kennebec River still flowing freely this warm winter, the first time in decades
A 91-year-old Hallowell man who spent years working on the river has photos of the Kennebec from winters past.
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MaineGeneral says data breach included Social Security numbers
The announcement that information from additional patients may have been compromised follows last month’s revelation of a breach.
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Judge rejects patient’s request for discharge from Riverview Psychiatric Center
Jason Begin, who was found not criminally responsible because of mental illness after hijacking a plane and crashing it in Canada in 2004, may regain some privileges, such as unsupervised time outside the state hospital.
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Winthrop mother and son grateful but still grieving, a year after crash
Susan and Chase Cloutier carry on through the pain of losing two loved ones in a highway collision.