The state psychiatric hospital is already losing millions of dollars in federal funding amid growing criticism of its safety and operations.
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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East Vassalboro postal employee admits stealing mail, embezzling
Jason K. Stockmar, 28, of Augusta, was freed on unsecured bail following the plea in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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Veteran gets probation for false Togus travel reimbursement
The Sabattus man, who got travel benefits for trips from Aroostook County when he stayed with friends near the hospital, must repay $3,100.
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New York man sentenced after admitting selling drugs in Waterville
Police say Mark Anthony ‘Easy’ Hilliard was selling heroin, crack and powdered cocaine, oxycodone and marijuana, police say.
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Bronx man admits to selling drugs in Waterville
Mark Anthony Hilliard was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with all but six years suspended and four years probation.
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Mount Vernon man admits sexually abusing girl
James C. Beane, 66, was sentenced in Kennebec County Superior Court to 10 years in prison with all but two suspended.
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State tweaks Riverview’s name as it hopes to regain certification
A lawmaker from Lewiston is rankled by the change, saying the administration pays ‘more attention to signs than to treatment of people.’
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Richmond Eldercare home faulted by human rights panel
James Nichols complained he was a victim of disability discrimination and unfairly discharged.
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MaineGeneral hospital losing four surgeons to VA at Togus
The new Augusta medical center still will have six general surgeons on staff and 50 surgeons in total.
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Sidney man ruled competent to stand trial
Eric Bard, 24, is accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl he was babysitting.