Christopher Ryan, director of community and economic development for Harvard, Massachusetts, will visit Gardiner on Sept. 28 to meet with city staff, tour facilities and meet with members of the public.
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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Pick-your-own hemp season opens in Whitefield
Sheepscot General Farm, one of only a few dozen licensed hemp growers in Maine, offers four strains of hemp plants to people who want to make their own CBD products.
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Woman critically injured in Richmond crash has died
Amanda Wogaman, who was pregnant at the time of the crash, underwent an emergency C-section and delivered a boy.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Augusta reports skunk with rabies found in Northern Avenue area
City officials are urging that residents use extra caution and not leave their pets unattended.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Family, police wait for confirmation on identity of remains found in Falmouth
Anneliese Heinig, who would be 39 now, disappeared in November 2019. She was last seen in Richmond, although a witness has said someone matching her description was seen walking away from an SUV registered to Heinig’s parents early on Nov. 26, 2019.
Posted inFood & Dining, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Things to Do
Gardiner’s ‘Swine & Stein’ celebration scheduled to go ahead in October
Gardiner Main Street’s signature event returns to Water Street in its brewfest format, with beer, food, fun and games.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner officials vote to declare council seat vacant after councilor with foreclosed home leaves city
Penny Sergent informed city officials she has moved to Saco, which violates the requirement in the city charter that Gardiner elected officials live in the city.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Bystanders rush in to help victims of Richmond crash, police say
Richmond police Chief James Donnell said bystanders and witnesses rushed in to help after the crash at Route 197 and White Road.
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Gardiner city councilor vacates Water Street home
Penny Sergent has agreed to leave the home where she and her family have lived since 2016. The Gardiner city councilor has failed to pay property taxes or sewer fees on the property, prompting the city to foreclose.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Maine organic dairy farms to lose their buyer as Horizon Organic cuts ties to Northeast producers
Last week, Horizon Organic notified Maine dairy farms that their milk contracts won’t be renewed a year from now, leaving owners and state officials unsure about what’s next.