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 3, 2018

Gardiner’s marijuana task force doesn’t endorse social clubs

The City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to accept the task force’s report to allow retail shops and other commercial pot enterprises before making a final decision.
Published
April 2, 2018

Detours grow in Hallowell as residents, business owners navigate road work

The change in traffic pattern is part of the long-awaited Water Street reconstruction project that’s expected to last through November this year.
Published
April 1, 2018

Gardiner’s proposed municipal budget up 5.7 percent

The spending plan includes requests for a full-time economic development director, a school resource officer and a firefighter as well as some salary adjustments.
Published
March 30, 2018

Maine communities forge ahead with localized flood strategies

Unusual midwinter flooding along the Kennebec River this year has put the issue front and center.
Published
March 30, 2018

Wales man charged with drunken driving after Litchfield crash

Felix W. Hamel made his initial court appearance via video Friday while in a wheelchair and wearing a neck brace.
Published
March 25, 2018

Asphalt company relocating to Gardiner, Richmond, bringing up to 150 jobs to sites

Auburn Asphalt will relocate its Windham facility to Richmond, and will develop two lots it bought at the Libby Hill Business Park.
Published
March 24, 2018

Conflicting priorities emerge in Kennbec County after massive power outage

Officials from communities in the county recently met with Central Maine Power Co. officials to talk about their problems during the recovery effort after a destructive October storm.
Published
March 21, 2018

Richmond woman sentenced to 45 days in jail over credit union embezzlement

Clarissa Hurley, who had worked at the Down East Credit Union in West Bath, will be required to pay back the $8,500 that she stole.
Published
March 20, 2018

Kennebec County to join opiate lawsuit against drug companies in nationwide effort

The suit targets pharmaceutical makers and distributors who, attorneys said, failed to disclose the addictive properties of their opioid painkillers.
Published
March 19, 2018

Clary Lake residents await enforcement of water level order following years of dispute

The decision affirming the water level order issued by Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings in Lincoln County apparently will not be appealed.