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
July 5, 2022

Gardiner officials to consider 4% increase in sewer rates this year, 8% next year

This latest request for an increase follows annual 4% increases in each of the last four years to fund the operation of the city’s wastewater treatment department.
Published
July 5, 2022

Hallowell Public Works foreman arrested on drunken driving charge

Christopher Buck, who has been the Hallowell Public Works foreman since 2013, was arrested Sunday in the parking lot of the Hallowell Public Works garage.
Published
July 4, 2022

Augusta’s Fourth of July celebrations draw hundreds to capital city

Monday’s events marked both the founding of the United States of America and the 100th anniversary of the opening Old Fort Western as a museum.
Published
July 4, 2022

Augusta family reported missing has been located

Augusta police had sought the public’s help on Friday in locating members of the Al Hilfi family, who had been seen last on Thursday evening.
Published
July 3, 2022

Fireworks display business rebounds despite higher costs

This Fourth of July holiday season will be the busiest ever for Central Maine Pyrotechnics, the Farmingdale-based pyrotechnics company, despite higher costs for products, shipping, labor and transportation.
Published
July 2, 2022

Monmouth kicks off Fourth of July celebrations with music and fireworks

Annual Beach Party brings fun, music, food and fireworks to Monmouth’s beach on Cochnewagon Lake.
Published
July 1, 2022

Augusta police seek help in locating 1 woman, 4 children suspected to be missing

Augusta police have issued a missing persons alert for a woman, two girls and two boys, who were last seen in Augusta around 8 p.m., Thursday evening.
Published
June 30, 2022

After back-to-back years of canceled festivities, central Maine is ready to celebrate July Fourth

Parades, food, music and fireworks will be featured as the region marks the anniversary of the North American British colonies declaring their independence from Great Britain.
Published
June 29, 2022

Hobby Lobby, Harbor Freight Tools eye expansion into Augusta

The national chains are looking to occupy retail space in the former Sears building at Turnpike Mall off of Western Avenue.
Published
June 28, 2022

Augusta man charged with kidnapping, domestic violence charges in Lincoln County

Law enforcement officers say Guy Ricketts held a woman and a man at gunpoint at a Whitefield home Sunday night before forcing the man to leave the residence with him at gunpoint.