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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PublishedFebruary 3, 2021
Police, friends continue to search for missing Augusta man
Pierre ‘Pete’ Bolduc was last seen more than a week ago in Augusta.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2021
Inmate at Kennebec County jail tests positive for COVID-19
Kennebec County Sheriff Ken Mason says the male inmate is in a quarantine block in Augusta.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2021
Gardiner-area Boys & Girls Clubs seeks city support
The Gardiner City Council is expected to hear a presentation on the construction project at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley and a request for $500,000 to help the club meet its $10 million fundraising goal.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
Richmond officials sell property at center of junkyard dispute
The sale of the property at 640 Alexander Reed Road leaves David Smith looking for a place to live and shifts the requirement to clean up the property onto its new owner.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2021
Police and friends search for Augusta man missing since Monday
Pierre “Pete” Bolduc, a contractor who has worked on many construction and renovation projects in downtown Augusta, hasn’t been seen or heard from since Monday afternoon.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2021
Closing time for Rebecca’s Place in Augusta as owner calls it quits
After more than 40 years in business, Nancy Berg decided Saturday that she was done, citing her inability to hire enough staff to keep Rebecca’s Place running.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2021
Little ice on Kennebec River system delays smelt season
Warmer than average temperatures and heavy rains so far this winter have slowed ice formation on the Kennebec River and its tributaries, and it’s not clear that enough ice will form for smelt fishing this year.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2021
City buildings in Gardiner to remain closed to public through at least March 1
This move extends a closure first announced at the end of December due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rate of infections in the Gardiner area.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2021
Commissioners to decide on Kennebec County’s Melville Fuller statue in February
The Kennebec County commissioners have scheduled their discussion and possible vote on the fate of the controversial statue of Melville Fuller for Feb. 16.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2021
Second woman files civil complaint against Gardiner attorney
As Clarence H. Spurling denies the allegations brought against him last year by one woman, a second woman has filed her complaint alleging sexual assault against in him at the Capital Judicial Center.
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