Several city councilors would like to cut taxes this year for residents even as the proposed budget would raise taxes slightly.
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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Cushnoc Brewing in Augusta unveils plans to expand
A tasting room on Front Street opens this weekend and a second location will be home to expanded brewing capacity for the restaurant and retail sales and distribution.
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Fire damages 3-story home in Gardiner
Witnesses said fire and smoke were billowing out of the building’s windows at 10 West St.
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Kennebec County budget up 2.99 percent
County residents will be able to have their say on the spending plan at public hearings at the end of May, before the budget becomes final.
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Sen. King tours Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat
King defended actions of a Senate colleague under fire from President Trump during open house in Rome.
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Hallowell residents invited to forum on library’s future
The Hubbard Free Library board of trustees is working to make the library’s finances sustainable.
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Volunteers turn out to learn how to support foster care in Augusta
A Family for Me and Project Sparrow showed about a dozen people Saturday what it takes to recruit foster families and others to help children in need.
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Gardiner meets city manager finalist who formerly worked as Portland’s public works director
Michael Bobinsky worked for more than a decade as director of public services in Portland.
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Gardiner group celebrates World Fish Migration Day
Upstream, a nonprofit dedicated to restoring fish passage in Cobbosseecontee Stream sponsored a cleanup along the stream’s banks.
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Gardiner city manager search identifies two candidates
Gardiner residents are invited to meet the candidates at separate public sessions at the Gardiner Public Library, one on Monday and one on April 30.