Jessica Lowell 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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PublishedNovember 30, 2017
Chelsea plans holiday tree lighting for Saturday
Town officials hope the event becomes an annual community festival that brings everyone closer together.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2017
Fayette farm among those gearing up for Christmas tree season
Choose-and-cut operations across central Maine are ready for the holiday rush for fresh trees.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2017
Options for Randolph elementary school, students discussed
The ad hoc committee in SAD 11 continues to gather information before drafting a recommendation about TC Hamlin School.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2017
Gardiner elected officials to consider property matters
Two tax-acquired properties could be sold, as well as two Libby Hill Business Park lots.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2017
With fate of Lost Orchard Brewing uncertain, its Gardiner church site is set for auction
The former Congregational church was intended to be the home of Lost Orchard Brewing, but it’s not clear it ever opened.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2017
Black Friday deals in central Maine lure early shoppers for annual bonanza
Deep discounts and a good economy are expected to push year-over-year sales by 3.6 percent to 4 percent.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2017
Marketplace at Augusta expecting more than 30,000 shoppers for Black Friday sales
From Black Friday through Giving Tuesday, shoppers have options for fulfilling seasonal giving.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2017
Augusta construction company signs on to Johnson Hall project
Ganneston Construction and CEO Stacey Morrison also have committed themselves to giving a $100,000 gift for the historic theater’s reconstruction project.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2017
Jury deadlocks on 20 charges, acquits Lincoln County deputy on 2 others in sexual abuse trial
Kenneth Hatch was accused of sexually assaulting 3 minors over several years, as well as giving two of them marijuana in exchange for sex.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2017
Historic tax credit program that helps local downtowns threatened
The program is one of dozens of provisions in the federal tax code that’s slated for reduction or elimination in tax reform proposals.
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