An inaugural conference on using unmanned aerial vehicles for business and public safety drew people from across New England and elsewhere in the Northeast.
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 inLife & Culture, Local & State
Gardiner’s Johnson Hall reaches $1 million fundraising milestone
Pledges and cash now have surpassed the $1 million mark in a campaign to renovate the historic opera house’s 400-seat upper theater.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Plan to allow alewives, eels in Sheepscot Pond might be delayed again
State lawmakers said at a work session Wednesday they want to see management information before the fishway at the Palermo lake is opened.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Hearing about Randolph school closure brings out residents
More than three dozen residents brought questions and concerns about the possible closure of T.C. Hamlin School.
Posted inLocal & State
Richmond selectman dies, remembered as town supporter and avid biker
Colleagues remember Gary Poulin, following his death last week at age 60, as a generous man who supported his town in many ways.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Randolph to hold public hearing on school closure
The meeting Tuesday is intended to give town residents a chance to talk about the impact of relocating their elementary students to Pittston.
Posted inPolitics
Dispute over online burn permits heats up at legislative hearing
State forestry officials maintain the state’s system should be the only one, but fire chiefs on Thursday turned out in support of the private option for obtaining burn permits online.
Posted inLocal & State
Clary Lake Dam water level order appeal heard in Wiscasset court
The oral arguments mark a milestone in the yearslong dispute and come years after the matter first went to court in Lincoln County.
Posted inLocal & State
Gardiner officials consider expansion of commercial agriculture ordinance
It allows indoor cultivation facilities as proposed, but not commercial pot cultivation facilities.
Posted inBusiness
Engineering office relocating to Augusta
SGC Engineering is expected to move from its current space in Hallowell into a larger space in the spring.