The proposed ordinance change details where and under what circumstances marijuana-related businesses may operate in Gardiner.
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 inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Solar power project to offer savings in Augusta, Kennebec County
The Greater Augusta Utility District, the city of Augusta and the Kennebec County commissioners have signed on to a deal to generate solar power.
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Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Gene Carbona answers Five Questions
The co-owner of The Barn at Silver Oaks Estate, a wedding venue, talks about having a dream and building a business.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education, Times Record
Concerns about Richmond schools boil over amid district-withdrawal talks
A public hearing during Monday’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting focused on the possibility of Richmond withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Times Record
Dresden board maps out work in appeal of controversial gravel pit
The Board of Appeals held a workshop Tuesday to start to establish what it needs to complete its findings of fact in Heather Beasley’s appeal of the stop-work order at the Ballard-Milligan Gravel Corp. pit.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Litchfield man, indicted on manslaughter charges, found dead at home
The body of Shawn W. Metayer, 60, was found Tuesday morning at his Litchfield house after deputies from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an unattended death.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, Times Record
Augusta man charged in Richmond murder makes court appearance
Tyon K. Shuron, who is accused of killing Andrew Sherman on or near Sept,. 29, 2019, is being held without bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education, Times Record
Richmond residents to weigh in on leaving RSU 2
The question on the ballot asks whether residents want to explore leaving Regional School Unit 2, which would require knowing the costs to leave the district and to have Richmond run its own schools.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Identifying wildlife by the clues they leave in Liberty
Lake St. George State Park’s winter wildlife walk lured people out to the woods to learn about the wildlife tracks they may see during their own cold weather hikes.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Electrical fire doused in Gardiner
Fire crews from Gardiner and surrounding towns turned out to knock down an electrical fire caused by a faulty light fixture in a West Street home.