Jessica Lowell 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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PublishedMay 15, 2023
Kennebec County seeks new Emergency Management Agency director
Interviews are underway to fill the vacancy created when Art True stepped down last month after 10 months on the job.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
Maine state employees speak out about hiring, pay as legislators consider review of compensation system
More than two-thirds of state legislators have sponsored a bill that would require the Mills administration to allocate $1 million to study the pay of state workers.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Hallowell man arrested after allegedly stealing antique gramophone, coins
Court records say Jedediah Wasilewski, 44, was arrested after police linked him to several burglaries reported in Hallowell and Farmingdale.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Storm damage closes section of Gardiner road
City officials are investigating ways to pay for the needed repairs to Harrison Avenue, a residential street often used to access the nearby interstates.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Manchester brush fire draws ground, air attack across 4 acres of woodland
Firefighters from five area departments, with help from a Maine Forest Service helicopter, spent about five hours Monday putting out a brush fire on the wooded east side of Manchester.
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PublishedMay 7, 2023
Maine Pottery Tour opens doors to pottery and ceramics studios across state
In West Gardiner, where Todd Jubinville is rebuilding his kiln, this year’s Maine Pottery Tour introduced people from near and far to the work he has been producing at his home studio for almost two decades.
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PublishedMay 6, 2023
UMA graduate’s leap of faith pays off with growth and opportunity
The University of Maine at Augusta’s 55th commencement on Saturday celebrated the accomplishments of both current and former graduates at the Augusta Civic Center.
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PublishedMay 6, 2023
Across Maine, sewer rate payers are starting to see increases to cover the cost of the sludge crisis
Cities, towns and sewer districts are now starting to tally up the higher cost of sludge disposal and calculate what ratepayers will pay to cover those costs.
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PublishedMay 3, 2023
Cleanup, damage assessment begin throughout central Maine after river flooding
Property and business owners were beginning to take stock Wednesday of the damage left behind as flood waters receded along the Kennebec River across the region after a storm dumped 3 to 6 inches of rain over a 24-hour period.
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PublishedMay 2, 2023
Heavy rains in central Maine may delay some crops
Farmers across central Maine say they will be delayed in planting some crops or treating others as they wait for conditions to dry out.
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Hallowell police investigate after 2 bodies found in Water Street apartment
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Sea rise, extreme temperatures expected to send more people to inland Maine, climate expert says
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Cony High School faces anti-LGBTQ backlash following presentation on pronouns
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Reporting Aside: One man’s kind gesture has uplifting effect
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Unity public charter school holds first graduation