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 18, 2019

Forecasters watching weather, Kennebec River with more rain expected in central Maine

Early predictions indicate the River could reach 16.6 feet in Augusta by Sunday morning, although that could change.
Published
April 15, 2019

Video: Gardiner High class among last to see famed Notre Dame cathedral before it burned

Gardiner High students and chaperones learned the famed cathedral was burning over dinner in Paris on Monday.
Published
April 15, 2019

Minor flooding expected along Kennebec River into Wednesday

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Kennebec River from Tuesday morning to Wednesday evening.
Published
April 14, 2019

Gardiner officials mull progress in marijuana regulation

While elected officials are concerned about the pace of progress in developing rules around commercial cannabis enterprises, a number of residents say they are concerned less with speed and more with making sure they do the right thing.
Published
April 14, 2019

Threat of Kennebec River flooding lessened as storm moves west

While the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for central Maine, the heaviest rain will miss the state as the storm tracks more west than earlier forecasts indicated.
Published
April 14, 2019

Tara Vought answers Five Questions

The independent consultant talks about the importance of networking to build a client base.
Published
April 11, 2019

Gardiner’s Music Walk set for Saturday

Jason Goucher and Samanatha Robinson, of Niche Inc., are pulling out all the stops with an afternoon of live music on Water Street.
Published
April 11, 2019

Mourners celebrate life of longtime chaplain Don Williams at Maine Criminal Justice Academy

The memorial service in Vassalboro brought together members of local, county and state law enforcement agencies and Williams’ church community to remember the tireless service of the Baptist minister and law enforcement officer who ministered to his colleagues.
Published
April 11, 2019

Rain, rising temperature could set up Kennebec River flooding next week

With temperature expected to stay above freezing this weekend, the rate of snowmelt in the Kennebec River watershed could cause flooding early next week.
Published
April 9, 2019

New York man sentenced in 2016 Augusta Walmart confrontation

Frankie Dejesus, 29, of Rochester, New York, received a two-year deferred disposition when he pleaded guilty in 2016 to a charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.