As Gardiner officials search for a new full-time city manager, they’re debating how or whether to fill the gap that will be left when the economic development coordinator leaves at the end of May.
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.
Posted inLocal & State
Barking dog alerts man to late-night fire at Fairfield home; both escape
Mitchell MacArthur Jr. said his dog Sabrina started howling and running in circles, alerting him to the fire that heavily damaged the single-family home Fairfield Sunday night.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Legislature tables bill to open Palermo lake to migrating fish indefinitely
Residents opposed to the move say no funding has been approved to pay for the work required before that can happen.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Reward doubled in unsolved case of 2015 cow killings in Richmond
Daria Goggins said she hopes the $5,000 reward she’s offering will lead to the arrest and prosecution of whoever killed her well-loved Holsteins, Isadora and Theodore.
Posted inLocal & State
Gardiner’s marijuana task force doesn’t endorse social clubs
The City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to accept the task force’s report to allow retail shops and other commercial pot enterprises before making a final decision.
Posted inLocal & State
Detours grow in Hallowell as residents, business owners navigate road work
The change in traffic pattern is part of the long-awaited Water Street reconstruction project that’s expected to last through November this year.
Posted inLocal & State
Gardiner’s proposed municipal budget up 5.7 percent
The spending plan includes requests for a full-time economic development director, a school resource officer and a firefighter as well as some salary adjustments.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine communities forge ahead with localized flood strategies
Unusual midwinter flooding along the Kennebec River this year has put the issue front and center.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Wales man charged with drunken driving after Litchfield crash
Felix W. Hamel made his initial court appearance via video Friday while in a wheelchair and wearing a neck brace.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Asphalt company relocating to Gardiner, Richmond, bringing up to 150 jobs to sites
Auburn Asphalt will relocate its Windham facility to Richmond, and will develop two lots it bought at the Libby Hill Business Park.