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 13, 2018

Gardiner economic development position remains in budget as debate continues

City elected officials are keeping the position and the funding in the budget for now, with the option to make changes before the budget becomes final in June.
Published
April 12, 2018

Winthrop burn victim in fair condition at hospital

The fire marshal’s office continues to investigate how Leon Deblois, who remains hospitalized in fair condition, was injured on Tuesday.
Published
April 11, 2018

Gardiner-area school district budget up nearly 3 percent

Assessments to the four communities that make up SAD 11 are expected to decrease.
Published
April 11, 2018

Art murals in downtown Hallowell signal safety concern and a compromise

State transportation officials said where the murals were hanging on the safety fence posed a safety hazard, but businesses are allowed to hang signs on the fence.
Published
April 10, 2018

Winthrop man taken to hospital after boots catch fire

The Winthop Fire Department responded late Tuesday afternoon to a report of a man with his boots on fire at 439 Old Lewiston Road.
Published
April 10, 2018

Wrong-way highway driving suspect summoned after crash on I-95 in Augusta

Maine State Police say a minor crash with no injuries resulted when Alden Glidden drove south on the interstate’s northbound lanes Tuesday afternoon.
Published
April 10, 2018

Gardiner officials to weigh economic development position amid city manager uncertainty

As Gardiner officials search for a new full-time city manager, they’re debating how or whether to fill the gap that will be left when the economic development coordinator leaves at the end of May.
Published
April 9, 2018

Barking dog alerts man to late-night fire at Fairfield home; both escape

Mitchell MacArthur Jr. said his dog Sabrina started howling and running in circles, alerting him to the fire that heavily damaged the single-family home Fairfield Sunday night.
Published
April 8, 2018

Legislature tables bill to open Palermo lake to migrating fish indefinitely

Residents opposed to the move say no funding has been approved to pay for the work required before that can happen.
Published
April 6, 2018

Reward doubled in unsolved case of 2015 cow killings in Richmond

Daria Goggins said she hopes the $5,000 reward she’s offering will lead to the arrest and prosecution of whoever killed her well-loved Holsteins, Isadora and Theodore.