Jessica Lowell covers business and economic development and general news in the Gardiner area.
After short but intense aspirations to be an opera singer (age 4) and a deep-sea diver (age 6) her most enduring passion has been telling stories.
A University of Maine graduate, she worked for newspapers in New Hampshire, upstate New York and Wyoming, where she has won awards for investigative and explanatory journalism.
She’s a fellow of the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources.
After several years out of journalism, she returned to Maine and to writing, where she spends her free time enjoying both trees and the ocean, two commodities that Wyoming lacks.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2023
Tuesday’s hot weather breaks temperature record in Augusta
Building high pressure ushered in the heat that broke the record Tuesday, a late taste of summer following one of the warmest summers on record.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2023
Swine & Stein Brewfest returns to Gardiner’s Water Street with new fermentory drinks
Craft beverages, food and games are expected to take over Water Street for the annual Oktoberfest-style event that draws hundreds of people from across Maine and beyond to downtown Gardiner.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2023
Gardiner considers joining statewide effort to reduce carbon emissions, protect against climate change
Joining the Maine Community Resilience Partnership would give Gardiner officials access to grant funding that would help pay for projects.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2023
Great Race to return to central Maine, choosing Gardiner as its finish line
Six years after the rally-style endurance race last motored through central Maine, organizers of the vintage car trek are planning to finish the June 2024 multi-state race with three days in the state, ending in Gardiner.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2023
Chelsea woman charged with helping boyfriend evade arrest before police fatally shot him
Police say Annie McKechnie, 22, helped Frank Foss Jr. avoid arrest weeks before his death.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2023
Kickoff to Fall Fair wraps up in Augusta
The four-day fair, which drew hundreds of people to Augusta’s Mill Park, helped usher in fall with food, rides, games and fun.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2023
West Gardiner residents push back on ordinance proposals
Following a public hearing at which town residents challenged how selectmen were proposing to regulate solar installations and medical cannabis retail stores and cultivation operations, revised versions will be prepared and posted before they head to an Oct. 5 special town meeting to vote on them.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2023
Augusta’s Viles Arboretum opens wetland boardwalk
The arboretum, on the east side of the state’s capital city, used both money from the Bureau of Parks and Lands as well as other fundraising to pay for the boardwalk that allows easy access to the wetland area along the north edge of its 224-acre facility.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2023
Ironman 70.3 to remain in central Maine through 2027
Officials announced Thursday that they have reached an agreement that will keep the triathlon in Augusta for three additional years,
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2023
Farmingdale man bitten twice by fox outside his home
Officials say David Polley was treated for possible exposure to rabies, even though the body of the fox could not be recovered after it was shot.