Greg Lumbert, a former selectman, and Fred Kimball, who ran a year ago, are vying Tuesday for the open select board seat.
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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Pittston to weigh budget, ordinances at Town Meeting
The annual budget vote, delayed 16 weeks by the global coronavirus pandemic, will take place in the pulling ring at the Pittston Fairgrounds Saturday.
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Pittston voters approve budget in shortened Town Meeting
On a motion from a resident, Pittston voters agreed to group the bulk of the warrant articles into one motion and dispense with debate on the town’s proposed budget.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Times Record
Four candidates running for 2 seats in Richmond
Voting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, in the conference room at the Town Office, in conjunction with the statewide primary and the referendum on the Regional School Unit 2 budget.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Canceled Fourth of July fireworks bring economic hardship in central Maine
Professional pyrotechnics display companies across the nation, including Central Maine Pyrotechnics, are on track to lose the bulk of their revenue this year because of canceled fireworks productions.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner-area Boys & Girls Clubs secures educational support grant
The funds will allow the club to provide educational support to students in the Gardiner-area school district as well as in Chelsea and Windsor over the next four years.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
West Gardiner budget proposal reflects concern for economy
Selectmen in West Gardiner are presenting voters with a proposed budget scaled back from the plan presented earlier this year, before widespread shutdowns of businesses and government operations due to the coronavirus pandemic declared in mid-March.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Central Maine food trucks ready for a different kind of summer
With no festivals or fairs to fill out their summer calendars, food truck operators are finding new ways to reach customers.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Richmond school withdrawal committee eyes 2022 exit date
The committee is still waiting for information on the district’s debts to complete its draft of the exit agreement and create a first-year operations budget for a Richmond standalone district.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner officials pass $6.12 million city budget
The $6.12 million final budget reflects cuts requested by the City Council over concerns about increasing property taxes to residents in economically uncertain times.