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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PublishedApril 28, 2022
GO MAINE ride-sharing program to highlight green travel options for any in-state vehicle trip
The program, which has promoted carpooling and vanpooling, is expanding its focus beyond daily commutes to meet the state climate goal of reducing the number of vehicle miles traveled in Maine.
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PublishedApril 20, 2022
South Gardiner distiller puts skills and flavors of Maine on the line
Bryan Hamner beat out two opponents on Wednesday’s episode of “Moonshiners: Master Distiller,” which challenged contestants to create a breakfast-influenced spirit.
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PublishedApril 18, 2022
Augusta ax-throwing center will bring woodsmen sport, zombies indoors
Mike Yeaton and Mary Young are bringing hatchet throwing to Maine’s capital region through Hatchet House in The Marketplace at Augusta, where people can spend an hour hurling hatchets for fun starting in May.
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PublishedApril 11, 2022
Bail set at $7,500 for Randolph man arrested on drug charges after shooting
Eric C. Cooper, 35, arrested after an investigation into a shooting uncovers cocaine, fentanyl, cash and weapons, police say.
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PublishedApril 6, 2022
Gardiner names city manager following yearlong search
Andrew R. Carlton, now the superintendent in the Wales-area school district, is expected to begin new job June 6.
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PublishedApril 3, 2022
Johnson Hall in Gardiner prepares for start of renovations at historic opera house
With the building at 280 Water St. closed for about the next 18 months, Johnson Hall’s Waterfront Concert Series is to be held this summer and in 2022-23 at other venues in Gardiner.
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PublishedApril 1, 2022
Historic headstone discovered in courthouse basement headed home to Rome
The discovery of a headstone in a disused part of the Kennebec County Courthouse sparked a search by Dan Brunelle, the county’s facilities manager, to return it to its rightful place.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2022
Gardiner residents meet top candidate for city manager position
Andrew Carlton, who is currently superintendent in Regional School Unit 4 based in Wales, told residents at a forum that he sees overlap between school and municipal administration in managing budgets and people.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2022
Massachusetts men arrested in Augusta on drug, gun charges, police say
Officers from the Augusta Police Department, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at the Comfort Inn on Civic Center Drive.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2022
Organic Valley offers contracts to dairies losing markets
Of the four local organic milk producers informed last summer that Horizon/Danone would no longer take their milk, two have signed letters of intent with Organic Valley.
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