With the heat index predicted to reach or exceed 100 degrees Saturday, staying cool will be the priorty for thousands.
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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Tips for central Mainers to beat the heat
Public agencies across the region are offering tips and resources to help beat this weekend’s excessive heat.
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Gardiner bridge project paves way for cleanup of decades-old contaminants
In conjunction with the bridge replacement project over Cobbosseecontee Stream, state environmental officials are cleaning up contamination caused by successive businesses in the city’s historic industrial corridor.
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Report of gas leak in Augusta closes Hospital Street, clears state buildings
The Maine State Police Crime Lab, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the Maine State Police barracks and several houses were evacuated after an excavator struck a gas line Monday.
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New Portland man hospitalized after motorcycle crash
Cedric Collins, 28, of New Portland, was taken by Life Flight to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with a severe head injury Sunday.
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Randolph voters to consider a budget that’s up 5% but not expected to increase taxes
Voters at Wednesday’s Town Meeting are expected to consider whether to approve borrowing $1 million to fix town roads, as well as food sovereignty and fire department restitution ordinances.
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Restoration and improvement work begins at Head Tide Dam
The work, which continues through the fall, will make improvements to the dam structure and improve the fish habitat on the Sheepscot River in Lincoln County.
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Gardiner to use additional state funds to reduce current property tax rate
City councilors had four options to choose from, including delaying using the money until the next fiscal year.
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Gardiner officials consider what to do with revenue sharing funds
Because the Legislature approved a higher rate than Gov. Mills proposed in the state budget, city officials must decide how the additional funds will be used.
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Monmouth home damaged after Saturday storm sends tree branch through roof
In the aftermath of the powerful storms that pushed through central Maine on Saturday, the cleanup has started at the Packard Road home of Deborah Fox, where an ash tree fell across the roof of her two-story home.