Jessica Lowell

Kennebec Journal

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.

Latest

Published
April 25, 2019

Gardiner police release security images of suspect in convenience store robbery

Police continue to look for the suspect who they say robbed the Cumberland Farms and fled into a wooded area behind the store.
Published
April 25, 2019

United Bikers of Maine cancels Augusta parade portion of annual Toy Run

A federal safety investigation into the 2017 Toy Run, during which two people were killed and seven were injured in a chain-reaction crash, faulted Augusta police and United Bikers of Maine.
Published
April 25, 2019

Human remains found in Augusta prove to be those of local woman, missing since 2017

Police say evidence at the site where the remains were recovered indicates that they had been there since the time of Megan Gregory’s disappearance in 2017.
Published
April 24, 2019

Augusta police respond to NTSB report on fatal 2017 Toy Run crash

The National Transportation Safety Board cited the failure of the Augusta Police Department and United Bikers of Maine to plan for the risk associated with routing a large group of motorcyclists on and off an interstate highway.
Published
April 24, 2019

Gardiner convenience store robbed early Wednesday

Police say the robber, who displayed a weapon, fled on foot into a wooded area behind the Cumberland Farms store on Bridge Street.
Published
April 23, 2019

Gardiner officials considering options on proposed budget

At Monday’s budget workshop, District 1 City Councilor Terry Berry suggested ‘thinking outside the box’ to come up with savings in a spending plan that contains cost increases over which city officials have no control.
Published
April 23, 2019

Augusta police, United Bikers faulted by federal transportation board for Toy Run deaths

Two people were killed as a result of a 2017 chain-reaction crash on Interstate 95 in Augusta and seven people were injured during the annual charity event that drew 3,000 motorcycle riders.
Published
April 22, 2019

Gardiner support sought for Merrymeeting Trail project

The trail project would extend a trail from Gardiner to Topsham along an existing, disused railbed.
Published
April 21, 2019

Clare Marron answers Five Questions

Marron talks about the difference between managing a business for someone else and owning and managing a business yourself.
Published
April 19, 2019

Gardiner’s proposed budget indicates property tax increase is likely

Increases to wages and benefits account for some of the increase, but Gardiner also is paying more for dispatching services to the state’s Regional Communication Center.