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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PublishedMay 27, 2023
Officials outline 2024 paving project on the Gardiner-Randolph bridge
The Maine Department of Transportation’s preferred option would keep the westbound lanes of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge open and divert eastbound traffic to cross the Kennebec River for about 30 days in the summer of 2024.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Hallowell officer recounts tense fire rescue while identity of ‘civilian hero’ still a mystery
Officer Noah Lebel said his only thought when he arrived at the house fire on Franklin Street on Tuesday night was the report that people might still be inside.
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PublishedMay 24, 2023
‘Civilian hero,’ officer help 2 escape uninjured from roof of burning Hallowell house
The fire, reported just before 10 p.m. Tuesday, destroyed the three-story house at 1 Franklin St., but not before a Hallowell police officer and an anonymous passerby helped two people on a porch roof escape the flames.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Return of sturgeon art marks unofficial launch of downtown Augusta’s summer season
The reinstallation of 26 painted fiberglass sturgeon in downtown Augusta kicks off a summer season of events in the historic neighborhood of Maine’s capital city.
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PublishedMay 19, 2023
Gardiner’s weekly classic car show continues to celebrate nostalgia, car culture despite relocating due to flooding
For more than two decades, Gardiner’s Thursday Night Cruise-In has drawn car lovers from across the state to swap stories and share their mutual love of antique, vintage and classic cars.
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PublishedMay 18, 2023
Gardiner officials debate additional spending for property revaluation in city spending plan
City Councilor Terry Berry wants to see funding for a citywide revaluation pushed up the priority list, but infrastructure projects not included in the city’s proposed budget are also emerging priorities.
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
Kennebec County seeks new Emergency Management Agency director
Interviews are underway to fill the vacancy created when Art True stepped down last month after 10 months on the job.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
Maine state employees speak out about hiring, pay as legislators consider review of compensation system
More than two-thirds of state legislators have sponsored a bill that would require the Mills administration to allocate $1 million to study the pay of state workers.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Hallowell man arrested after allegedly stealing antique gramophone, coins
Court records say Jedediah Wasilewski, 44, was arrested after police linked him to several burglaries reported in Hallowell and Farmingdale.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Storm damage closes section of Gardiner road
City officials are investigating ways to pay for the needed repairs to Harrison Avenue, a residential street often used to access the nearby interstates.
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