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.
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PublishedApril 29, 2021
Kennebec County budget undergoes first review
County officials are proposing a $14.3 million spending plan, a 5.12% overall budget increase, which could mean nearly a 5.7% hike in what’s raised through property taxes in Kennebec County.
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PublishedApril 25, 2021
Gardiner launches city manager search hoping to avoid lengthy delays of past
Vacancy was created in March when Christine Landes, who was hired in 2018, resigned three months before her three-year contract would have expired.
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PublishedApril 23, 2021
Now cooing to a city near you: White-winged dove spotted in Gardiner
The dove, with a distinctive white band on its wings and ring of blue around its eyes, is drawing birders to Gardiner for a rare spring sighting.
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PublishedApril 23, 2021
Campaign to promote municipal employment features Gardiner police officer amid candidate crunch
Sam Quintana will be featured in a social media campaign promoting the benefits of working for Maine cities and towns, which officials say are are struggling to fill vacancies.
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PublishedApril 22, 2021
Augusta’s controversial Melville Fuller statue back in private hands, but new location, education remain uncertain
As the committee appointed to identify a new home for Augusta’s controversial Melville Fuller statue wraps up its work, members say they hope it can be part of a future educational effort.
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PublishedApril 21, 2021
Concerns about road paving plans emerge as Gardiner proposes budget with tax hike
Municipal officials are expected to continue discussing the proposed $6.5 million budget, a 5% increase in spending that would increase the property tax rate by 60 cents. The increase would boost the tax rate to $22.30 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, or $2,230 per $100,000.
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PublishedApril 20, 2021
Kennebec County commissioners vote to return controversial statue to donor
Robert Fuller Jr., who gave the statue of Melville Fuller to the county and offered to take it back, will have up to a year to make arrangements to move the monument of the controversial jurist.
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PublishedApril 14, 2021
Augusta woods fire doused as dry conditions persist across central Maine
A mild winter followed by a dry spring has contributed to brush fires across the region over the last week, but it’s too soon to say if dry conditions will prevail into summer.
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PublishedApril 14, 2021
Dry conditions persist with Maine on pace for record fire season
A mild winter followed by a dry spring has contributed to brush fires across the state over the last week, but it’s too soon to say if dry conditions will prevail into summer.
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PublishedApril 13, 2021
Gardiner officials to chart course to hire next city manager
Gardiner Public Library Director Anne Davis has agreed to serve as acting city manager as elected officials search for their next city manager.
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