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.

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Published
December 19, 2020

Veterans remembered in West Gardiner as part of local Wreaths Across America observance

The southern Kennebec County town was one of a number of communities to take part in the annual local Wreaths Across America observance, which honors the nation’s military veterans.
Published
December 16, 2020

Special election set for Winthrop-area state Senate seat, left vacant by new secretary of state

Democrat Craig Hickman and Republicans Earle McCormick and William Guerrette Jr. have said they are interested in seeking the nomination for the District 14 Senate seat vacated when Shenna Bellows was elected secretary of state.
Published
December 15, 2020

Wreaths to be laid at central Maine cemeteries Saturday

More than a half dozen events are planned across Kennebec County to honor the lives of those who have served in the miliary as part of the annual December tradition.
Published
December 11, 2020

Anonymous donor issues fundraising challenge for Gardiner Boys & Girls Clubs

The donor is promising to match donations up to $1 million made before the end of the year to help the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley reach its $10 million fundraising goal to build a new facility.
Published
December 11, 2020

Gardiner’s Boys & Girls Clubs prepares to reopen after COVID-19 case

The club, which provides daycare and supervision for children on remote learning days, closed Dec. 1 after the report of a COVID-19 case required staff, students and and children in daycare to quarantine for two weeks.
Published
December 10, 2020

Richmond woman died of acute intoxication, authorities say

Robin Bowler, who with Dana Shulman was found dead in their Richmond apartment in early November, had taken several illegal drugs and one used to treat depression, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Published
December 9, 2020

Gardiner development gets green light to go ahead

The proposal to bring apartments and condominium units to vacated medical buildings on Dresden Avenue has passed an early hurdle.
Published
December 7, 2020

Developers plan new affordable housing project in Gardiner

Maine Affordable Properties, which is proposing to build eight to 10 condominium-style units, has completed its site analysis for the 1.27-acre lot at 134 Spring St.
Published
December 7, 2020

Augusta bar faces loss of liquor license

Augusta’s licensing board has recommended the Raging Bull Saloon’s liquor license not be renewed because of ongoing issues at the Water Street bar, but the City Council will have the final say.
Published
December 1, 2020

Fate of Kennebec County’s Melville Fuller statue debated

A public hearing Tuesday draws a wide range of comments and suggestions about the statue honoring the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who presided over the court when the “separate but equal” doctrine was enshrined into U.S. law, paving the way for decades of racial segregation.