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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PublishedJune 16, 2023
Newport woman arrested in West Gardiner on drug trafficking charges after deputies find fentanyl, meth and cocaine
A Newport woman was arrested this week in West Gardiner on drug trafficking charges after deputies found hundreds of grams of illicit drugs while investigating a report of suspicious activity.
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PublishedJune 16, 2023
Farmingdale voters support road work in $2.6 million budget approval
About two-dozen people turned out Thursday to the Hall-Dale High School theater for the annual Town Meeting to weigh in on the spending proposal outlined by Farmingdale selectmen, putting in place a plan to address roads in need of repair.
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PublishedJune 15, 2023
Gardiner officials approve $7.5 million budget
While the city’s final property tax rate will not be calculated until mid-summer, it is expected to increase from the current $22.20 per $1,000 of assessed valuation to $23.80 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Messages painted on Gardiner building raise eyebrows with QAnon message, code violation
Words appeared June 3 on two sides of the Gardiner Feed building on Maine Avenue, but with the building slated to be repainted, they will not be there much longer.
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PublishedJune 12, 2023
Augusta city councilor with political organizing background sworn in as new Kennebec County register of probate
Abigail St. Valle, 31, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of longtime register Kathleen Ayers.
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PublishedJune 12, 2023
Winthrop teen summonsed after crash sends pickup truck into Cobbossee Stream
Police say Chase Cloutier, 19, of Winthrop, was issued a summons for imprudent speed after the pickup truck he was driving crashed through a guardrail on Route 126 at the West Gardiner-Litchfield town line and ended up submerged.
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PublishedJune 9, 2023
Hallowell police investigate after 2 bodies found in Water Street apartment
Police say the deaths were reported around 6 p.m. Thursday.
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PublishedJune 8, 2023
Investigation into shooting stalls as details about what happened, and where, remain unclear
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said the victim of the shooting has been uncooperative, and it is not known where the shooting took place, how many shots were fired or who owns the gun used.
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PublishedJune 8, 2023
Roadwork to account for about one-third of Farmingdale budget
Farmingdale officials will present the $2.6 million spending plan to voters at the Town Meeting scheduled for Thursday.
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Gardiner to move ahead with revaluation
Even as city officials stash more money to pay for the citywide revaluation, Gardiner’s assessor said the work is not likely to begin before 2026.
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