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
October 27, 2021

Organic farmers group seeks help for Maine dairy farmers from company that cut ties to them

Maine’s largest organic food organization is asking international food company Danone to reverse its decision to cancel contracts with 89 organic dairy producers, including 14 in Maine.
Published
October 27, 2021

Little damage reported, some outages in central Maine as nor’easter brushes by region

Spotty power outages and a few fallen trees marked the passage of a late October storm that blew across Maine on Tuesday into Wednesday.
Published
October 25, 2021

Richmond Town Office closes temporarily due to COVID-19 contacts

Town manager encourages residents to use online services for town business after Town Office employees come into close contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
Published
October 24, 2021

Drive-through Trunk or Treat returns to Gardiner

In the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gardiner-area students and adult volunteers again stage the event, providing safe Halloween fun to area children.
Published
October 23, 2021

Volunteers ready and willing to reopen the Whitefield Library

At Saturday’s Fall Festival fundraiser, held on library grounds, residents were able to get a glimpse of the work that’s been done to remake the former Grange building into a library.
Published
October 22, 2021

Halloween celebrations returning across central Maine, though many with pandemic precautions

Organizations across the region are gearing up to offer spooky fun and chocolate for Halloween celebrations, even as they are mindful of the specter of COVID-19 that continues to haunt the state.
Published
October 21, 2021

Crews repair washed-out section of Kennebec River Rail Trail in Augusta

About a year after water washed out a section of the trail, the area has been repaved.
Published
October 21, 2021

Woman charged with furnishing alcohol to Jefferson girl, 17, who died in crash

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Sally Monroe, 30, of Boothbay in connection with a one-vehicle crash Oct. 10 in Edgecomb that killed Paris Pierpont, 17, of Jefferson.
Published
October 18, 2021

Fatal shooting of Jefferson man by Lincoln County deputy was justified, officials say

The Maine Attorney General’s Office has determined that Deputy David Bellows acted in self-defense and in defense of others when he shot and killed Jacob E. McClure in December.
Published
October 18, 2021

Gardiner church celebrates 250 years of its worship community

Christ Church Episcopal celebrated 250 years of worshipping on Saturday, even as members reflected on the impact that European colonialism had on the people who already lived in Kennebec Valley.