Dozens of people spent Saturday morning touring the new $10 million clubhouse, named for supporter Sandra M. Prescott, before it opens for business on Monday.
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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Sunday afternoon fire damages Gardiner house
Firefighters from more than a half-dozen southern Kennebec County communities respond to 45 School St., where flames damage back porch and rear side of 2 1/2-story house.
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Windsor Fair opens Sunday with food, fun and friendly competition
Bill Shores of Vassalboro brings Cracker and Jack, his team of Chianina steers, to compete in the steer scooting competition, one of several events in which they are to compete in this summer.
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State House added to trail honoring Maine sites that were key to securing women’s right to vote
The location where state lawmakers ratified the 19th Amendment is one of seven stops along the Maine Suffrage Centennial Trail. But officials said work to give women equality is far from done.
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Long-distance friends, bluegrass enthusiasts reunite in Litchfield for Blistered Fingers festival
For 31 years, Greg and Sandy Cormier have been drawing hundreds of fans from around the world to hear top bluegrass bands perform at the Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Music Festival.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Simon West chosen to represent District 2 on the Gardiner City Council
Simon West, 35, was the only candidate interested in filling out the unfinished term of Kerstin Gilg, who resigned at the end of June because he was moving out of Gardiner.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
State investigation finds Augusta officer justified in 2019 shooting of city man
A report by the Office of the Maine Attorney General states Officer Sabastian Guptill was acting in self-defense when he shot and wounded an Augusta man who was wanted for a domestic violence assault charge in Farmington.
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Suspected plane part crashes down from sky, lands outside Maine State House in Augusta
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, which occurred at about 12:30 p.m. Friday.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley bid farewell to old home
Club staff will spend the next two weeks moving into the new building next door in Gardiner before it opens at the end of the month.
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Voters pick Joseph Connors to fill vacant Farmingdale selectmen’s seat in special election
As Joseph Connors takes on the selectman’s job, a second special election is scheduled for November to fill the seat that will be vacant with the expected resignation of Selectman Tyler Tripp.