Derek Less resold 409 pounds of copper wire and plumbing fittings in 2012 to fuel his drug habit.
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.
Former Maine tourism official pleads guilty to embezzlement
Ronald G. Brann paid his mortgage, golf fees, ski fees and other expenses with the $116,000 stolen from the Maine Tourism Association.
Maine man sues over injuries from Windsor Fair starting gate
The Oakland man’s attorney estimates his client’s medical bills were close to $100,000 after the gate struck him and other spectators during a 2010 harness race.
Riverview catches up on firearms permit screenings
The psychiatric center reports it has eliminated its backlog of concealed-carry applications.
State officials seize invasive fish from Harpswell home
Georgette Curran lost her court case and had to give up 47 koi the state deems an invasive species.
Nonprofits call for funding as state budget cuts draw near
Officials warn of increased homelessness if the state doesn’t follow its legal duty to fund programs.
Maine hospital turns over murder suspect’s medical records to judge
MaineGeneral Medical Center is ordered to turn over records of Justin Pillsbury, the man who is charged with fatally stabbing Jillian Jones, and then allegedly tried to kill himself.
Maine man gets 13 years in prison for child sex assaults
The judge also imposes 16 years of probation to keep Richard M. Libby, 48, of Windsor, under supervision longer.
Maine museum breathes new life into vintage ice boat
The vessel, with a 25-foot mast, was designed to glide across ice, powered by the wind in its canvas.
Augusta mental health treatment unit ‘serving a jail need’
The new mental health unit at Riverview, though, only solves a small portion of bed availability problems.