In appealing Dresden’s stop-work order on Heather Beasley’s gravel pit on the grounds that it predates the land-use ordinance Beasley, president of the Ballard-Milligan Gravel Corp., and her attorney say they have found no evidence the ordinance was properly enacted.
Jessica Lowell
Jessica Lowell is the managing editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. She previously 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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Richmond selectmen continue work on school withdrawal request
Elected officials are scheduled to meet with the Budget Committee at the end of the month on the recommended amount of funds to be set aside in the event that town residents vote in March to explore leaving RSU 2.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley launches community fundraising for new complex
With a ground breaking planned for April, officials at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley aim to raise the remaining $3 million to pay for the new, larger facility in Gardiner.
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Gardiner’s Dingley Block nears next phase as mercantile buildings are remade
Alan Claude and Erin Skehan are planning to open their Water Street gallery next spring in the historic site they bought earlier this year from Gardiner Main Street.
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New Zealander killed in volcano’s eruption had ties to Winthrop
Hayden Marshall-Inman was among the 6 confirmed fatalities, which followed warnings of increased seismic activity on White Island, prompting some to question why tourists were allowed to visit the volcanic island.
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Missing Richmond woman struggled with mental health, substance abuse
A search for details of the life of Anneliese Heinig, the missing mother of two from Richmond, reveal a woman who is loved by family and friends but who also has struggled and had a history of conflict involving law enforcement.
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Richmond officials mull election date on school withdrawal proposal
Selectmen are seeking more information on when a vote to determine whether withdrawal from Regional School Unit 2 should be held, while one town resident is taking issue with the petition submitted to launch the process.
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Shifting details frustrate family of missing Richmond woman as search goes on
Varying accounts of where and how Anneliese Heinig, 37, disappeared after she left her car on Interstate 295 have caused pain for her family.
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Police expanding search for missing Richmond woman
Anneliese Heinig, 37, left her SUV on the side of I-295 in Falmouth last week, and her parents are asking why they weren’t contacted after the vehicle, which was registered to them, had been towed from the highway.
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Gardiner city manager takes on cancer: ‘I have to be here to do this’
With a diagnosis of an aggressive form of breast cancer last summer, Christine Landes is now balancing her life as a wife, mother and grandmother and Gardiner’s city manager.