At Monday’s budget workshop, District 1 City Councilor Terry Berry suggested ‘thinking outside the box’ to come up with savings in a spending plan that contains cost increases over which city officials have no control.
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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Augusta police, United Bikers faulted by federal transportation board for Toy Run deaths
Two people were killed as a result of a 2017 chain-reaction crash on Interstate 95 in Augusta and seven people were injured during the annual charity event that drew 3,000 motorcycle riders.
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Gardiner support sought for Merrymeeting Trail project
The trail project would extend a trail from Gardiner to Topsham along an existing, disused railbed.
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Clare Marron answers Five Questions
Marron talks about the difference between managing a business for someone else and owning and managing a business yourself.
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Gardiner’s proposed budget indicates property tax increase is likely
Increases to wages and benefits account for some of the increase, but Gardiner also is paying more for dispatching services to the state’s Regional Communication Center.
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Forecasters watching weather, Kennebec River with more rain expected in central Maine
Early predictions indicate the River could reach 16.6 feet in Augusta by Sunday morning, although that could change.
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Video: Gardiner High class among last to see famed Notre Dame cathedral before it burned
Gardiner High students and chaperones learned the famed cathedral was burning over dinner in Paris on Monday.
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Minor flooding expected along Kennebec River into Wednesday
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Kennebec River from Tuesday morning to Wednesday evening.
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Gardiner officials mull progress in marijuana regulation
While elected officials are concerned about the pace of progress in developing rules around commercial cannabis enterprises, a number of residents say they are concerned less with speed and more with making sure they do the right thing.
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Threat of Kennebec River flooding lessened as storm moves west
While the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for central Maine, the heaviest rain will miss the state as the storm tracks more west than earlier forecasts indicated.