Firefighters from Augusta and several neighboring communities battled the fire in a single-family home on Pike Street.
Jessica Lowell
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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1 killed, 3 seriously injured in Winthrop crash
Police say witnesses reported a speeding car on U.S. Route 202 before the fatal three-car crash Saturday.
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State police investigating Waldoboro death as a homicide
A person doing a well-being check at a Genthner Road home in Waldoboro on Saturday called 911, where police found the body of Levern Kelley.
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Old Hallowell Day brings the music and the fun
For nearly six decades, Old Hallowell Day, which stretches over three days, has celebrated the city and its residents.
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Aroostook County man arrested after 50-mile interstate chase ends in Waterville
Officials say a man led Maine State Police troopers on a 50-mile chase after he failed to stop on Interstate 95 near Hamden and crashed in Waterville.
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Garland woman arrested in connection with April killing in Hartland
Bonnie Coombs, 69, of Garland, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the shooting death of her sister two months ago in Hartland.
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Lewiston man killed Tuesday after his vehicle veered off Interstate 95 in Palmyra
Police say Isaac Lemieux, 21, of Lewiston, died Tuesday after his vehicle veered into the median on Interstate 95.
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Clinton officials tout need for new fire station
Clinton residents are scheduled to vote Nov. 5 on six referendums, including one asking if they want to borrow up to $1.9 million to help fund a new fire station.
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Winthrop home severely damaged by fire Monday
Firefighters from Winthrop and surrounding communities worked to knock down a fire reported Monday afternoon at a Royal Street home in Winthrop.
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Fire damages former industrial building in Jefferson
Firefighters from nearly a dozen towns in three counties turned out to knock down the fire Thursday on Somerville Road at a former industrial building that’s now being used to grow cannabis.