Lance Szady is now charged with driving for the man who allegedly robbed two Rite Aid pharmacies on Sept. 2.
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.
Augusta man sentenced in heroin case
Peter Gleason’s Augusta home was described by police as a place for an out-of-state gang to funnel illegal drugs into Maine.
Kennebec sheriff’s captain to fight ouster
Dennis Picard’s firing is said to be related to an election complaint filed by his wife.
Silver bullion bar heading back to Augusta pawn shop owners
The owners of A&E Trading on Water Street went to court to get police to return the seized property.
Former Chelsea selectwoman loses bid for bail during appeal
The judge says Carole Swan, who is in federal prison for extortion and fraud, raised points in her motion that ‘are flat-out erroneous.’
Maine Democratic Party names Bartlett chairman
Former state Senate majority leader Philip Bartlett of Gorham outlines his strategy.
Gardiner Co-Op and Cafe announces Water Street location
The opening date is expected to be early in 2015.
Trio sentenced for roles in Kennebec meth ring
Two men and a woman involved in making the drug in Oakland and Waterville get prison time.
Windsor man who assaulted infant daughter sentenced to seven years
Kevin Peaslee shook the baby so violently that she suffered permanent brain injuries.
Aroostook County man sentenced in Waterville-area meth ring
Eric Finnemore of Linneus is sentenced to nine years in prison; three others also are sentenced.