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.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Conflicting priorities emerge in Kennbec County after massive power outage
Officials from communities in the county recently met with Central Maine Power Co. officials to talk about their problems during the recovery effort after a destructive October storm.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Richmond woman sentenced to 45 days in jail over credit union embezzlement
Clarissa Hurley, who had worked at the Down East Credit Union in West Bath, will be required to pay back the $8,500 that she stole.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Kennebec County to join opiate lawsuit against drug companies in nationwide effort
The suit targets pharmaceutical makers and distributors who, attorneys said, failed to disclose the addictive properties of their opioid painkillers.
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Clary Lake residents await enforcement of water level order following years of dispute
The decision affirming the water level order issued by Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings in Lincoln County apparently will not be appealed.