Alyssa Danielle Marcellino gets 32 months for her role in the accident last year that killed Joan Fortier of Mount Vernon.
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.
Home tour showcases old and new in Wayne
The biennial event on Sept. 12 includes historic camps, wilderness gardens and an art studio, among others.
Some Maine police agencies partnering with treatment providers to fight opiate addiction
Police departments in Kennebec and Oxford counties are developing so-called ‘angel’ programs to pair addicts with people who can guide them through rehabilitation.
Oakland man, 61, sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping girl
In exchange for a guilty plea on one count, five other related counts were dismissed.
Riverview outpatient shot by police officer wants to return to community
The hospital recommends rejecting the request from Jason Begin, who was shot Jan. 12 at an outpatient services office when he reportedly lacerated himself and threatened others with a knife.
Woman files discrimination lawsuit against city of Augusta
A cook at the Augusta Civic Center says she was subject to repeated incidents of ‘vile, threatening’ harassment.
A Katahdin adventure worth doing again, 65 years later
A brother and sister re-enact their 1950 childhood climb up the Hunt Trail.
Augusta man freed from prison after judge tosses out assault charge convictions
Jonathan M. Carey is out on bail and is due back in court in October following an order by Justice Nancy Mills vacating his convictions for unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
Judges to hear Carole Swan appeal next month
The former Chelsea selectwoman was found guilty of 10 charges and remains in prison.
Prosecutor says driver in fatal Monmouth crash never held license
Alyssa Danielle Marcellino, 24, pleads guilty to charges in the March 2014 collision that killed one woman and injured another.