After years of planning on the state Department of Transportation project, work will start this spring with the addition of a multi-use trail bridge that crosses Cobbosseecontee Stream near Maine Avenue.
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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Gardiner council mulls working with Johnson Hall to improve theater’s Mechanic Street entrance
Officials from the historic opera house would like to partner with city officials on a grant to pay for making building access for performance groups easier and improving Mechanic Street.
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Belgrade, Whitefield hold Town Meetings
Area communities provide results of their annual Town Meetings.
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Side Gig: Paddle boards and repurposed furniture for Gardiner couple
Keith Bellefleur and Angie Wing have lined up side gigs renting and delivering paddle boards in central Maine and remaking furniture for sale.
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West Gardiner budget passes easily with a projected increase of 2.2 percent
With amendments, voters shifted about $40,000 from what would come from property tax to other sources, while increasing funding for roadside mowing and Meals on Wheels.
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Pittston debates spending on administrative costs and paying for access to the Gardiner Public Library
While voters questioned expanding a position at the Town Office and paying the fee to use the library, residents approved the town’s $1.3 million spending plan.
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Whitefield lakeside property owners not entitled to monetary damages over low water, court rules
Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings found that the value of Robert Rubin’s and Cheryl Ayer’s property on Clary Lake had been lowered because of the operation of the dam that affected the water level, but Richard Smith and his company were not responsible for paying out damages.
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Dresden voters opt to appoint town office staff
Voters at a special town meeting Monday overwhelmingly favored appointing town office staff, starting a process that will take several months to complete.
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Kennebec County man pleads guilty in fatal 2017 Dresden crash
Patrick Shorey pleaded guilty in court in Lincoln County Monday to charges including vehicular manslaughter stemming from a 2017 fatal crash in Dresden that killed a Connecticut woman and seriously injured her husband.
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Pittston voters to consider expanding hours for town office position
The proposed spending plan, to be voted on March 16, also reflects the higher costs of routine expenses, emergency dispatching services and the completion of a well-replacement project.