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 29, 2022
Hobby Lobby, Harbor Freight Tools eye expansion into Augusta
The national chains are looking to occupy retail space in the former Sears building at Turnpike Mall off of Western Avenue.
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PublishedJune 28, 2022
Augusta man charged with kidnapping, domestic violence charges in Lincoln County
Law enforcement officers say Guy Ricketts held a woman and a man at gunpoint at a Whitefield home Sunday night before forcing the man to leave the residence with him at gunpoint.
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PublishedJune 2, 2022
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program identifies more than $1.3 million in fraudulent requests for rental assistance
Agency that provides social services to residents of Kennebec and Somerset counties has received the most fraudulent applications for federal rental assistance in Maine this year.
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PublishedJune 1, 2022
Former Hallowell restaurant owner convicted of tax evasion
For nearly three years, Krystal Lavallee underreported sales at Brews N’ Views, the Hallowell restaurant and bar she owned, and failed to pay more than $24,000 the business owed in sales taxes.
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PublishedMay 22, 2022
Gardiner seeks to clarify cemetery plot ownership under new rules requiring proof
City officials now require documentation proving ownership of cemetery lots before burials can take place, to prevent people from being buried in the wrong plots or at the wrong cemetery.
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PublishedMay 18, 2022
Officials hope incentives will ease staffing shortages, burnout at Kennebec County Correctional Facility
County jail in Augusta now running with about half the staff needed to operate, leading to high overtime costs and burnout among those who work there.
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PublishedMay 17, 2022
Communities across Maine secure $24.2 million to address contaminated sites
The funding is part of the $1.5 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021 that identifies money to address infrastructure needs across the United States.
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PublishedMay 15, 2022
Gardiner’s Johnson Hall secures additional $150,000 from city
Contribution to help inch historic opera house closer to fundraising goal that has jumped in recent months.
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PublishedMay 9, 2022
Gardiner Main Street announces citywide grant program to aid local businesses
The Catalyst Grant Program offers established small businesses in Gardiner the chance to apply for up to $2,500 to meet a variety of critical business needs and is now accepting applications.
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PublishedApril 30, 2022
Maine Pottery Tour showcases handmade art
The annual event invites people to tour pottery and ceramics studios across the state, giving them a chance to meet the artists behind the work, see it in progress, and to shop for Maine-made gifts.
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