Sun Sun restaurant employees have collected enough signatures to put the question of whether Randolph’s only restaurant can serve drinks in front of voters in October.
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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Man injured in Monmouth machinery accident
Firefighters worked for 25 minutes to free a man whose arm had gotten caught in machinery at Tex Tech in Monmouth.
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Gardiner searches for more downtown parking
With new businesses opening and others expanding, downtown Gardiner parking is in short supply and officials are looking for solutions.
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H. Allen Ryan, central Maine philanthropist, remembered as supporter of community, education
Family and colleagues say H. Allen Ryan, who died Saturday at age 77, was a strong supporter of institutions and groups in the region.
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Augusta protest urges action
Organizers of the We the People rally say they want to remind elected officials that they work for the people and highlight topics that Congress is failing to act on, including gun control and immigration.
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‘Finding Our Voices’ exhibit at University of Maine at Augusta lifts veil on domestic violence
Patrisha McLean found her voice after leaving an abusive marriage, and she wants to use it to help lift the shame and stigma that’s attached to victims of domestic violence and abuse.
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Gardiner officials to consider extending Summer Street development agreement
Developers Collaborative, a Portland-based property development company, has been working to build out parcels that city officials acquired along Cobbosseecontee Stream at the edge of the city’s downtown.
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Five Questions: UMF president Edward Serna
The president of the University of Maine at Farmington talks about the importance of communication in leadership.
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Family, friends mourn driver in fatal Windsor crash
LaBreck, 35, was killed in a crash Sunday after leaving the Windsor Fair when the pickup he was driving crashed. His passenger Jennifer Hood was also killed.
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Litchfield Fair kicks off on Friday
Despite a financial setback last year, the president of the fair board said this year’s fair is packed full of events, both new and old.