After setting aside the four proposed ordinances earlier this year, West Gardiner officials are presenting revised ordinances at a public hearing Wednesday, with voting at a special town meeting scheduled for October.
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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Mills urges caution as Hurricane Lee’s landfall looms
At a press conference Friday afternoon, state officials said the large wind field is expected to bring damaging winds and flooding to the state on Saturday.
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Central Maine prepares for impacts from Hurricane Lee
Emergency responders and public works departments are adding staff, checking equipment and reaching out to people without shelter as the storm heads closer to Maine, with gusting winds and blowing rain.
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Turnpike traffic to be impacted as work wraps up on West Gardiner interchange
Contractors are removing the old entering ramp at Exit 102 on the Maine Turnpike, which has been replaced with a new ramp.
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Central Maine likely to experience flash floods, power outages from Hurricane Lee
Four and a half months after heavy rain and flooding damaged infrastructure throughout central Maine, emergency managers are urging communities to prepare for wind and rain.
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Abandoned memories up for auction in Augusta
The state treasurer’s office says it’s holding over $309 million worth of unclaimed cash and items left behind in abandoned safe deposit boxes. For the first time in some 20 years, it will auction them off.
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Crash on I-95 in West Gardiner causes minor injuries, slows traffic
Three people were taken to the hospital Monday morning after a car hit a guardrail.
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Cause of Litchfield plane crash that killed 2 remains unknown
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its initial report on the fatal crash, an early step in an investigation that could take 12 to 18 months.
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Hot twist to a cool, wet summer brings blast of heat and advisories to central Maine
Augusta set high-temperature records twice this week. Several schools closed early due to a lack of air conditioning.
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Kennebec County EMA director put on administrative leave 3 months after hiring
Kennebec County Administrator Scott Ferguson declined to specify the reason for the action.