The Kennebec County Commission will hear a presentation on a series of proposals to guide county law enforcement interaction with federal customs and immigration agents.
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.
Mushrooms made in Gardiner
Maine Cap N’ Stem Mushroom Co. is carving out a niche selling organic gourmet mushroom blocks to farmers across the country.
Arrival of Amish prompts posting of signs in Whitefield for traffic safety
Town and county officials in northern Lincoln County are conducting an awareness campaign to keep the buggy-driving newcomers and others safe on local roads.
Two injured in plane crash on I-295 in Bowdoinham
Drivers of two pickup trucks heading south watched the plane fly toward them just over the trees in the median strip.
Gardiner officials mull role in dam license renewal
A group dedicated to restoring passage for sea-run fish on the Cobbosseecontee Stream says they hope the city will
Jeff McCormick, owner of Gerard’s Pizza, dies
Friends and colleagues remember a humble man who touched a lot of lives in and around Gardiner.
Whitefield dam owner files for bankruptcy protection
Pleasant Pond Mill LLC has nearly $500,000 in liabilities and only a stone structure and a broken computer for assets.
Kidnapping claim leads to intense search in Augusta
Maine State Police say no charges were filed against a 17-year-old girl, who said her boyfriend locked her in a car trunk and was taking her to Logan Airport; she was traveling home to Georgia with her father.
Hallowell council to consider accepting a second gift
Joan Sturmthal wants to donate $100,000 in support of the proposed 2017 bond issue that’s up for a vote later this month.
Food brings 50 together to discuss welcoming center for immigrants
Augusta native Anna Ackerman along with three Tufts University graduate school colleagues are working to understand what immigrants need from a community or welcoming center when they settle in new cities