The identity of the deceased was not yet known, but police say they found the body while looking into a missing persons case.
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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Prosecutor: Winslow man was inhaling Dust-Off before crash into house
Marc Ouellette, 49, is sentenced to jail and has his license and registration privileges suspended for three years after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor charges stemming from the crash.
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Waterville police say New York man left 2 pounds of pot, $82,000 in cash in hotel room
Nicholas Lombardo, 63, previously served federal prison terms for marijuana convictions.
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Litchfield Farmers’ Club says treasurer ‘drained’ banked accounts; $80,000 missing
Litchfield fair organizers scramble for donations to help ensure the fair can operate without a hitch Sept. 7-9.
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Protesters arrested at Blaine House in May want to be tried as a group
A New Harbor woman, however, pleads no contest and pays a $100 fine.
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Police say Albion man charged with arson was mixing rocket fuel at home
Police say they found hundreds of pounds of chemicals considered precursors to explosive materials at Joseph Tilly’s home.
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Bloody attack on cellmate nets Augusta man 20-year prison term
Elijah Ashley pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on Paul Gagnon, who was jailed for contempt involving child support.
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Augusta man sentenced to 20 years for violent attack on cellmate
Elijah Ashley pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on Paul Gagnon, who was in jail on a contempt charge for failing to pay child support.
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Sentencing in Manchester double murder set for October
David Marble Jr., who was convicted in the Dec. 25, 2015, slaying of Eric Williams and Bonnie Royer in Manchester, also is requesting a new trial.
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Ex-Gardiner teacher sentenced for sexually assaulting girl, 16, at his home
The teenager told the judge she has lost trust in men, including teachers and father figures, since the assault by John Glowa Jr.