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 6, 2016

Manchester-based J&S Oil changes hands

Nouria Energy Corp., based in Worcester, Massachusetts, is expanding its Maine footprint with its commercial acquisitions.
Published
April 5, 2016

Reardon sworn in as Kennebec County sheriff in Augusta

His term will be for the balance of this year, and a special election in November will determine who will serve for the two years after that.
Published
April 3, 2016

Proposed Gardiner budget includes spending for streets and sidewalks

Plans call for tapping one-time funds to start catching up on street and sidewalk paving, but the spending would not affect the tax rate.
Published
March 31, 2016

Kennebec County Registry of Deeds headed for new home in Augusta

The purchase of the Pierce Atwood building on Winthrop Street means savings for county taxpayers.
Published
March 30, 2016

Jefferson voters approve budget as proposed at Town Meeting

The budget as proposed by the Board of Selectmen — up $80,000 from last year’s budget — reflects increases in administration costs to the town, including salaries, and an increased snow plowing contract.
Published
March 29, 2016

Gardiner’s New Mills Market demolished

By Tuesday, some debris remained on the site, but the building that had stood there for the better part of 75 years was gone.
Published
March 28, 2016

Washington opts to study town administrator proposal for a year

Town residents approve replacing a firetruck that’s more than three decades old.
Published
March 27, 2016

Tim’s Sugar Shack in Whitefield draws maple syrup fans from across the state

Maine Maple Sunday celebrates an iconic New England tradition.
Published
March 26, 2016

Three Democrats vie for nomination for District 1 Kennebec County commissioner’s seat

The June primary will be a replay of the county Democratic Committee’s nomination process in 2015 for filling the District 1 vacancy created by the death of Beverly Daggett.
Published
March 25, 2016

Lumbert wins selectman’s seat in Pittston with write-in campaign

Voters also filled other seats on town boards in municipal elections this week.