Robert Shufelt, who had worked as a corrections officer for 23 years, claimed that he lost his job as a result of a mental disability.
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.
DNA led to arrest in killing of 92-year-old in Waterville
Court documents filed in the case of Roland L. Cummings say police found evidence of a break-in and search at Aurele Fecteau’s home.
Harsh sentence sought in Chelsea fraud case
A federal prosecutor said former Chelsea Selectwoman Carole Swann lied about her ability to pay fines.
Bail conditions set for alleged Maine child rapist
Eric L. Bard of Sidney has been detained for almost two years.
Battered wife jailed after refusing to testify against husband
The Oakland woman spends 24 hours behind bars and the man is ultimately convicted of domestic violence.
Marshall Swan agrees to pay $145,000 in back taxes
The husband of former Selectwoman Carole Swan is also fined $40,000 and chastised for witness intimidation.
Man cleared of endangering baby
His 2-month-old daughter, diagnosed with ‘failure to thrive,’ was taken into state custody in 2011.
Wandering cows removed from Maine farm in wake of crash
The owner of the livestock may have moved them after a car accident caused by a loose animal revived safety concerns.
Colorado man convicted of stabbing 2 in Hallowell bar fight
He faces up to 20 years in prison for slicing the men with a box cutter last fall.
Mom who starved daughter, 5, to death in 1993 goes free
The woman, who suffered from severe psychosis, is released after nearly 20 years in state custody.