Summer’s first hot spell brings humid conditions to region, sending people scrambling for ways to beat the heat, which is expected to moderate for the Fourth of July weekend.
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.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Mixing business and pleasure at Augusta’s downtown waterfront
Richard Parkhurst has leased out four spaces on Front Street in Augusta this summer to businesses that will help draw people, and attention, to the Kennebec River.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Viles Arboretum prepares for opening of new Education Center in Augusta
The Education Center is expected to help the nonprofit organization diversify its offerings and programs, particularly the children’s summer camp that starts Aug. 2.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Politics
Kennebec County Republican Committee votes to censure Collins
While the move is only procedural and unlikely to affect Sen. Susan Collins, experts say it is part of a populist shift in the Republican Party from the local to the national level.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner volunteers work to raise money for fountain, improving the Gardiner Common
Volunteers are raising money to restore the fountain in the Gardiner Common, which was originally donated to honor the life of Gardiner native Gideon Palmer, who played a role in establishing Howard University.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Augusta man flees Wiscasset arrest, crashes in Richmond
Police say Vlad Palli, 23, fled from a traffic stop in Wiscasset on Sunday, triggering a brief high-speed chase in Dresden before his car ended up in a ditch on Front Street in Richmond.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner officials pass revised city spending plan for July 1 budget year
City Council approves $6.6 million appropriation to pay costs of city government.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Chelsea man seriously injured in Augusta crash
Brian Skehan, 37, was operating a motorcycle when it collided with a pickup truck on Bangor Street on Tuesday afternoon.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
LifeFlight called for serious Augusta crash
The crash, which led to the closure of a section of Bangor Street, involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Gardiner child’s treatment at Boston Children’s Hospital inspires Sunday walk for research
The virtual walk around the Gardiner Common from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday is being held to fundraise for research and treatment for childhood disease.