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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PublishedJanuary 14, 2019
New Gardiner library fee schedule will charge towns on per capita basis
Partner towns in the school district will pay $10 per thousand, while those outside will pay $7.50 per thousand.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2019
No teardown needed for Gardiner building damaged by fire, owner says
Businessman Fernando Stelser makes plans to rebuild the multi-story structure that contained offices and a restaurant.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2018
Package that prompted closure of Augusta post office, federal building was empty
The box, which prompted a three-hour shut down and shelter-in-place order for a nearby school, was ultimately determined to be empty by the Maine State Police bomb squad.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2018
Gardiner heralds the holiday season with Parade of Lights, tree lighting
It’s just one of the central Maine communities celebrating the season with public events.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2018
Officials haven’t found any connections between fatal crashes in Liberty
Three people died in two accidents in as many days on a stretch of Route 3 that the Maine Department of Transportation doesn’t consider a high-crash zone.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2018
Police identify victims, a woman and young boy, in fatal Liberty crash
This is the second fatal crash in two days on the same stretch of Route 3.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2018
Longtime employee of A1 Diner in Gardiner will take on a new role: Owner
Longtime owners Mike Giberson and Neil Andersen have sold the iconic diner to Aaron Harris, who worked at the diner for years and had been looking for a change.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2018
Turkey farmers find business rewarding in more ways than one
Tom and Judy Abbott of West Gardiner say growing their farm, which includes pigs and cattle, has been an exercise in planning but the quality product is worth it.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Two dogs die in blaze that destroys Gardiner mobile home
Firefighters from 6 communities knocked down the fire in a mobile home park.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2018
Kristallnacht’s 80th anniversary observed in Augusta
Two Holocaust survivors described their memories of the violent night when Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany were attacked, burned and ransacked.
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