City officials will also talk about the city’s policies about removing trees, and removing ice and snow from buildings adjacent to downtown sidewalks.
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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Chicken runs amok at Augusta Olive Garden parking lot
Officers responded to the parking lot of the Olive Garden off Civic Center Drive Sunday on a complaint of a wayward chicken.
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Gardiner business credits federal tax legislation for employee bonuses
The family-owned Everett J. Prescott Inc. says changes in the tax code will allow all employees across 26 locations to get either $1,000 or $250.
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Officials waiting for ice to flow in southern Kennebec County
A day after U.S. Coast Guard tugs completed their ice-breaking operation in the Kennebec River, officials are looking for the river to flush the channel clear of ice.
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Legislative committee endorses bill clarifying online burn permit rules
The Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry on Tuesday approved a series of amendments to a bill that would tighten requirements for burn permits issued online in Maine.
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Final vote on T.C. Hamlin closure delayed
Gardiner-area school district officials are still waiting for information on outstanding bonds on the Randolph elementary school before they decided whether to close the school.
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Chelsea moves ahead with economic development planning
Residents are invited to a meeting Tuesday to talk about how they can start putting parts of their economic development plan in place.
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Coast Guard preparing for new Kennebec River Ice-breaking effort
Observations by the Coast Guard and Kennebec County officials show thinning ice and stretches of open water on the river south of Richmond.
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Gardiner Lions Club launches new winter market
The monthly event brings together craft, flea market and food sellers on the last Saturday of the month.
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Coast Guard icebreakers to return to Kennebec River next week
The Maine Emergency Management Agency sent out a request for a second round of ice breaking in the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers on Thursday based on expected warmer weather.